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A data filter

The program reads from stdin an ASCII file containing values of a variable y for integral values of x running from 0 to n-1 where n is the number of values in the file. There may be several values on each line. The program outputs the x, y pairs, one pair per line, the y values scaled and translated by factors built into the main routine..

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int answer;
float offset;
float scale;
char buf[BUFSIZ];
int xcoord = 0;
char *cptr;

int transform(int a)
{
  return a * scale + offset + 0.5;
}


char*  eat_space(char *cptr){
/* This while loop skips to the nonspace after spaces.
   If this is the end of the line, return NULL
   `While a space, keep going' 
 */ 

 while (*cptr ==' '){
     if (*cptr == '\0')
        return NULL;
     else
        cptr++;
   }
 return cptr;
}


char * next_next_num(char *cptr){
/* This while loop skips to the 1st space after a number.
   If this is the end of the line, return NULL
   `While NOT a space, keep going' 
 */ 
   while (*cptr !=' '){
     if (*cptr == '\0')
        return NULL;
     else
        cptr++;
   }

   /* Now move to the start of the next number */
   return eat_space(cptr);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   offset  = 2.3;
   scale = 7.5;
   
   while(1){
      /* if we haven't reached the end of the file ...*/
      if(fgets(buf, BUFSIZ,stdin)!= NULL){
        /* initialise cptr to point to the first number ...*/
        cptr = eat_space(buf);        
        do{
           /* convert the representation of the num into an int */
           sscanf(cptr,"%d", &num); 
           /* print x and y to stdout */
           printf("%d %d\n",xcoord, tranform(num));
           /* skip to the start of the next number on the line */
           cptr=next_next_num(cptr);
           xcoord++;
        }while ( cptr!=NULL);
      }
      else{
        exit(0);
      }
    }
}