Thread: removing a part from a number

have to write code that lets the user enter a 5 digit's number.
after that it must remove the 3th digit from the number and printf the rest of the number
this is what i written but it's not good , because it ask for evry digit individually .

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
void main()
{
clrscr();
int a,b,c,d,e;
printf("Enter 5 digits number:\n");
scanf("&#37;d%d%d%d%d",&a,&b,&c,&d,&e);
printf("After removing the 3th digit the number is:\n%d%d%d%d",a,b,d,e);
getch();
}

You can substitute char for int in that code (along with %c instead of %d) and it should work.

void main is also wrong, see the FAQ http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284376

Although, I'm fairly sure that's not the solution the teacher was looking for. Think of a mathematical way to do this with a single large number, instead. It can be done, fairly easily with integer math.

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Mats

Why are you using such and old compiler then?

I think matsp was hinting at -- read one number and do a bit of math on it do remove the 3rd digit? Which is easy if you remember basic maths

Code:

tens-of-thousands    thousands hundreds tens ones
5                    4         3        2    1

If you're writing code that can compile in one compiler but not another, then it's probably not portable code.

What kind of code were you writing? What functions were you using? What errors were you getting?

Were they errors to the effect of this?

Code:

program.o: undefined reference to `clrscr'