How to organize my c code

I have large main file contains about 7,000 lines of C code. If I want to make this code modular and separate the code from this file. what is the main criteria fo开发者_StackOverflow中文版r separating the functions out of the file and functions that should stay in the file.

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• Follow earlier suggestions.
• Eliminate any duplicate or almost duplicate code by creating functions.
• Organize by functionality and dependency. Modules should have as little inter-dependency as possible.
• Follow SOLID Principles and other design patterns and practices (all of which can be implemented in some degree in C).

I like to use a top-down decomposition of the code. For example:

main()
{
    Initialize();
    Introduce();
    while (some_condition)
    {
        DoSomething();
        DoSomethingElse();
    }
    SayGoodbye();
    Shutdown();
}

The main() should be short and to the point and give you a quick overview of what the program does from a high-level. Each of these functions can be broken down in a similar way. This should continue until the lowest level functions have a single, focused purpose (logical modularity). These functions can be put into additional .c/.h files to have physical modularity.

Good luck!

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Break up by functionality/responsibility.

For example, place all string handling in one module/file, place file handling in another.

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It is a simple measure: the fewer declarations you have in the .h file, the more modular it is. Grouping by functionality is important. Having extern declarations is very bad, give those an extra 'penalty'.