Thread: Help writing a function that tests if a number is a multiple of another.

How would I write a function that determines if a number is a multiple of another number.
ex. (is 147 a multiple of 7?)

Originally Posted by Suhasa010

You can use this for the present task:

Code:

int quotient;
quotient=number/2;
if(( quotient*2 ) == number)
       printf("Even");
else
       printf("odd");

That is the worst way I've ever seen to check for even or odd. The task can be accomplished with this simple comparison:

Code:

if (number & 1) { /* odd */ } else { /* even */ }

Originally Posted by nonpuz

That is the worst way I've ever seen to check for even or odd. The task can be accomplished with this simple comparison:

Code:

if (number & 1) { /* odd */ } else { /* even */ }

sorry for that, actually it was a blunder while porting the logic to a different scenario, problem was with the divisibility....And yeah, that was a simple one, sorry again for making it complex