C Program to Check Whether
a Number is Even or Odd
In
this example, you will learn to check whether a number entered by the user is
even or odd.
To
understand this example, you should have the knowledge of the following C
programming topics:
·
C Programming Operators
An even number is an integer that
is exactly divisible by 2. For example: 0, 8, -24
An odd
number is an integer that is not exactly divisible by 2. For example: 1, 7,
-11, 15
Program to Check Even or Odd
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int num;
printf("Enter an integer: ");
scanf("%d", &num);
// true if num is perfectly divisible by 2
if(num % 2 == 0)
printf("%d is even.", num);
else
printf("%d is odd.", num);
return 0;
}
OutputEnter
an integer: -7
-7
is odd.
In the program, the
integer entered by the user is stored in the variable num.
Then, whether num is perfectly divisible by 2
or
not is checked using the modulus %
operator.
If the number is perfectly
divisible by 2
, test expression number%2 == 0
evaluates
to 1
(true). This means the number is even.
However, if the test
expression evaluates to 0
(false), the number is odd.
Program to Check Odd or Even Using the Ternary Operator
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int num;
printf("Enter an integer: ");
scanf("%d", &num);
(num % 2 == 0) ? printf("%d is even.", num) : printf("%d is odd.", num);
return 0;
}
OutputEnter
an integer: 33
33
is odd.
In the above program, we
have used the ternary operator ?:
instead of the if...else
statement.