diff --git a/_get_comment_position.c b/_get_comment_position.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6afa55d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_get_comment_position.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include "shell.h"
+
+/**
+ * _get_comment_position - function that returns the
+ * position of the # or the length of the line
+ * if # not found
+ *
+ * @line: string to lookup in
+ * Return: (integer) position of the #
+ * or the length if not found
+ */
+int _get_comment_position(const char *line)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; line[i] != '\0'; i++)
+	{
+		if (line[i] == '#')
+		{
+			return (i);
+		}
+	}
+	return (i);
+}
diff --git a/shell.h b/shell.h
index de0274f..333bdc6 100644
--- a/shell.h
+++ b/shell.h
@@ -64,4 +64,5 @@ char  *_get_value(const map_t *map, const char *key);
 void    _clear_entry(void *data);
 void    _clear_map(map_t *map);
 list_t    *_get_keys(const map_t *map);
+int _get_comment_position(const char *line);
 #endif