seperating numbers

I am to determine if a number is a palindrome.

How do i go about seperating a 7 digit number to see if it is a palindrome.

I can only use basic if/else statements and other basic knowledge.

How do i seperate a 7 digit number into single digits to compare?

1) find out the number of digits your number has.
2) seperate your number into all the digits
3) check each number with its opposite
4) if every number matches a pattern, say so

this is fairly easy to implement.

Have a search around for how to use modulus. It will show you how to split the number up.

Its easier to turn the number into a char array....

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

bool isPal(int y){	
	int a,b,c;
	char buff[20];	

	b = sprintf(buff,"%d",y);//get char array
	c = b / 2;//times to loop. If odd, then carry is lost

	for(a = 0,--b;c;a++,b--,c--){
		if(buff[a] == buff[b])
			continue;//Same.....good, go again
		else{//1 difference, so no pallindrome
			cout << buff << " is not a palindrome" << endl;
			return false;
		}
	}
	cout << buff << " is a palindrome" << endl;
	return true;
}

int main()
{
	isPal(2552);//Yes

	isPal(2556);//No

	isPal(78987);//Yes

	isPal(56874);//No
	return 0;
}