Managing memory and storing strings

#include <stdio.h>
#define BUFFER_LEN 500

int main()
{
   char buffer[BUFFER_LEN];  /* Store for strings        */
   char *pS1 = NULL;         /* Pointer to first string  */
   char *pS2 = NULL;         /* Pointer to second string */
   char *pS3 = NULL;         /* Pointer to third string  */
   char *pbuffer = buffer;   /* Pointer to buffer        */

   printf("\nEnter a message\n");
   pS1 = pbuffer;
   while ((*pbuffer++ = getchar()) != '\n');
   *(pbuffer - 1) = '\0';

   printf("\nEnter another message\n");
   pS2 = pbuffer;
   while ((*pbuffer++ = getchar()) != '\n');
   *(pbuffer - 1) = '\0';

   printf("\nEnter another message\n");
   pS3 = pbuffer;
   while((*pbuffer++ = getchar()) != '\n');
   *(pbuffer - 1) = '\0';

   printf("\nThe strings you entered are:\n\n%s\n%s\n%s",pS1, pS2, pS3);
   printf("\nThe buffer has %d characters unused.\n",&buffer[BUFFER_LEN - 1] - pbuffer + 1);
}

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