diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index c0307f2..22c75da 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ void distribute_pattern();
 
 void search_for_splitted_pattern(int *residue, int *match_number, int **matches);
 
+void collect_results(int *match_number, int *matches);
+
 int rank, size;
 int text_len;       // length of all text
 int private_text_len;   // length of private text
@@ -32,12 +34,11 @@ int remain = 0;
 int *text_piece;
 int *displacements;
 char *private_text;
+int *match_numbers;
+int *total_matches;
+int total_match_number;
 
 int main() {
-    int *match_numbers;
-    int *total_matches;
-    int total_match_number;
-
     MPI_Init(NULL, NULL);
 
     MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size);
@@ -78,38 +79,8 @@ int main() {
 
     printf("%d -> result number: %d\n", rank, match_number);
 
-    if (rank == MASTER) {
-        // allocation for the array containing the number of matches of each process
-        match_numbers = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int) * size);
-    }
-
-    // collection of the number of matches from each process
-    MPI_Gather(&match_number, 1, MPI_INT, match_numbers, 1, MPI_INT, MASTER, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
-
-    if (rank == MASTER) {
-        // preparation of the data structures needed to receive match indices from all processes
-        total_match_number = sum_array(match_numbers, size);
-        total_matches = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int) * total_match_number);
-
-        displacements[0] = 0;
-        for (int i = 0; i < size - 1; ++i) {
-            displacements[i + 1] = displacements[i] + match_numbers[i];
-        }
-    }
-
-    // collection of match indices from each process
-    // gatherv is necessary because each process will have a different number of matches
-    MPI_Gatherv(
-            matches,
-            match_number,
-            MPI_INT,
-            total_matches,
-            match_numbers,
-            displacements,
-            MPI_INT, MASTER,
-            MPI_COMM_WORLD
-    );
-
+    collect_results(&match_number, matches);
+    
     MPI_Finalize();
 
     if (rank == MASTER) {
@@ -220,6 +191,40 @@ void search_for_splitted_pattern(int *residue, int *match_number, int **matches)
 
 }
 
+void collect_results(int *match_number, int *matches) {
+    if (rank == MASTER) {
+        // allocation for the array containing the number of matches of each process
+        match_numbers = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int) * size);
+    }
+
+    // collection of the number of matches from each process
+    MPI_Gather(match_number, 1, MPI_INT, match_numbers, 1, MPI_INT, MASTER, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+
+    if (rank == MASTER) {
+        // preparation of the data structures needed to receive match indices from all processes
+        total_match_number = sum_array(match_numbers, size);
+        total_matches = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int) * total_match_number);
+
+        displacements[0] = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < size - 1; ++i) {
+            displacements[i + 1] = displacements[i] + match_numbers[i];
+        }
+    }
+
+    // collection of match indices from each process
+    // gatherv is necessary because each process will have a different number of matches
+    MPI_Gatherv(
+            matches,
+            *match_number,
+            MPI_INT,
+            total_matches,
+            match_numbers,
+            displacements,
+            MPI_INT, MASTER,
+            MPI_COMM_WORLD
+    );
+}
+
 void apply_shift(int shift, int *array, int size) {
     for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
         array[i] += shift;