Thread: Logical Error

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    Logical Error

    I have a logical problem that i want to divide any number by 2. i.e 4/2 the answer is 2 & the remaining is Zero. If i divide 5/2 then the remaining woule be 1.
    My problem is that either i input 4 or 5 value in num the ELSE statement always execute. There is a logical error in my coding. I want that if i divide 4/2 then the remainder is Zero so the statement after if should be executed other wise the else statement but here always my else statement execute.
    Please help how can i solve my Logical error. Thanks in Advance...

    #include<stdio.h>
    #include<conio.h>
    void main()
    {
    int num,div;
    clrscr();
    printf("\n\tEnter any value = ");
    scanf("%d",&num);
    div=num/2;
    if (div==0)
    printf("\n\tRemaining is zero");
    else
    printf("\n\tRemaining is One");

    getch();

    }

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    Use the modulus operator % to find the remainder.
    Code:
    div = num % 2;

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    The only way that the statement
    Code:
     div=num/2;
    will evaluate to 0 is if num==0. Scarlet7 was right, replace that line with
    Code:
    div=num%2;
    You might also want to change the name of "div" to something like "remainder." Or you could streamline the code a bit

    Code:
    if (num%2)
         printf("\n\tRemaining is one");
    else
         printf("\n\tRemaining is zero");
    That works because false is the same as 0 and true is anything else.
    Away.

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