Thread: Can someone diagnose the print issue?

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    Can someone diagnose the print issue?

    Why does the "Binary: " always print "Binary: 0"?

    Code:
    #include <math.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    int main(void) {
        int x;
        int y = 0, i = 0;
        int z;
    
    
        printf("Enter a binary number: ");
        scanf("%d", &x);
        if (x < 0) {
            printf("Invalid");
        }
        while (x > 0) {
            z = x % 10;
            y = y + z * pow(2, i);
            i++;
            x = x / 10;
        }
        printf("Binary: %d\n", x);
        printf("Decimal: %d\n", y);
        return 0;
    }

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    Because the only way for the loop to terminate is when x <= 0, and since x never becomes negative, it means that x is always 0 at the termination of the loop. If you want to retain the original value, you need to save it somewhere before the loop.
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