C Coders--->Divisibility by 3, with *Condition Apply

Mayank · 2006-07-11T01:03:44+00:00

Hi All, Here is one question from my side in the line of puzzels in C. Find* whether a given 1/2/3/4/5 digit number is divisible by 3 or not. *Conditions: Use of %,/,* not allowed. Not a big one...so hope ppl will reply to it soon.;-)

C Coders--->Divisibility by 3, with *Condition Apply

Mayank
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Updated: Jul 11, 2006

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Hi All,

Here is one question from my side in the line of puzzels in C.

Find* whether a given 1/2/3/4/5 digit number is divisible by 3 or not.
*Conditions:
Use of %,/,* not allowed.

Not a big one...so hope ppl will reply to it soon.;-)

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crook

Member • Jul 12, 2006

don't know

😕 my skills in C are degrading for sure.

waiting for the answer !!

CrooK

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Mayank

Member • Jul 13, 2006

Hey Guys just dont loose ur spirit.....have some ;-) and rethink. I will come up a solid clue, here it is-------> u can use "atoi()".
Now the sea(The 'C') is urs dive n find the pearl. All the best to all of you.

Mayank Shukla

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rick

Member • Jul 13, 2006

wow !!

I cannot solve this 😔😔

answer please mayank

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Mayank

Member • Jul 17, 2006

Hi All,

Here is the solution to the question :
//Code is using C++ Syntax but its a C code in C++.(No OOP //applied). It can b easily transformed into core C code with few //changes. So i hope u all will still accept it.

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
bool flag=false;
void check(int i)
{
int sum=0;
char n[5];
itoa(i,n,10);
for(int j=0;j<5 && n[j] != '\0';j++)
{
char p = n[j];
sum += atoi(&p);
}
if(sum==3 || sum==6 || sum==9)
flag = true;
else if(sum>9)
check(sum);
}

void main()
{
int i;
cout<<"Enter the number : ";
cin>>i;
check(i);
if(flag == true)
cout<<i<<" is divisible by '3'"<<endl;
else
cout<<i<<" is not divisible by '3'"<<endl;
}

Thanks and Regards,
Mayank Shukla.

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Neha

Member • Aug 10, 2006

Mayank
Hey Guys just dont loose ur spirit.....have some ;-) and rethink. I will come up a solid clue, here it is-------> u can use "atoi()".
Now the sea(The 'C') is urs dive n find the pearl. All the best to all of you.

Mayank Shukla
Can u tell me for what is atoi() method used??

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Mayank

Member • Sep 23, 2006

neha
Can u tell me for what is atoi() method used??
Hi Neha,

It does the ascii to integer conversion of a string.
Try this out:
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Thanks and Regards,
Mayank Shukla

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Sep 25, 2006

Great job!

Hey Great Job, Mayank! 👍

Can we have more C, C++ puzzles for Computer Engineering folks?

-The Big K-

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sahana

Member • Sep 25, 2006

hi
you said that only %,/ and * are not allowed.what about -

consider this solution
void main()
{
int n,i=0;
printf("enter the number");
scanf("%s",&n);
while(n>=3)
{
n=n-3;
if(n==0||n==1)
i=1;
}
if(i==1)
printf("divisible");
else
printf("not divisible");
}

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Jerry

Member • Sep 25, 2006

Sahana's code should work. Mayank please confirm.

void main()
{ 
int n,i=0;
printf("enter the number");
scanf("%s",&n);
while(n>=3)
{
n=n-3;
if(n==0||n==1)
i=1;
}
if(i==1)
printf("divisible");
else
printf("not divisible");
}

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Mayank

Member • Sep 25, 2006

Good try: BUT check the efficiency!!!

Hi Sahana,

Actually this was the reply that i was expecting first. But it has few undesirable consequences and flaws.

Few small one:
1) Just change the scanf line from "scanf("%s",&n);" to "scanf("%d",&n);"
I can understand that it could be a small typo from your side.
2) Try your code for n=4, It will say "DIVISIBLE". The reson is, the if condition which is "if(n==0||n==1)" should be "if(n==0)".

A bit Bigger reason:
Check the efficiency buddy:
I added a "count" variable in your code and tried to find the number of times the loop will execute. The number comes out to be "33333". If u try the mechanism I suggested above, using a global variable "count", it comes out to be '7'.
So, there it is...... where it makes the code really slow.

Neways, a simple and a nice/good approach given by you. I appreciate it.
But remember that in production environment code efficiency screws you up. 😔

Thanks and Regards,
Mayank Shukla

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sahana

Member • Sep 29, 2006

hi mayank.
sorry i do accept my mistake.
i have understood my small mistakes and my big one(didnt think that u wud give a very big input).please tell me ways in which i can improve the efficiency of my programming skills.i m very poor in writing effiecient codes.😔

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sahana

Member • Sep 29, 2006

and one more thing. what i actually meant was n==0||n==3.but the code will work for n==0 alone.

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Sep 29, 2006

Off Topic

((bump)) 😁

Great job Mayank & Sahana! I guess we could have a separate thread for discussions on "efficient code writing". I encourage computer engineers to start similar discussions inside "Technical Discussions -> Computer Science & IT" section.

Keep the spirit high!

-The Big K-

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Mayank

Member • Oct 5, 2006

sahana
hi mayank.
sorry i do accept my mistake.
i have understood my small mistakes and my big one(didnt think that u wud give a very big input).please tell me ways in which i can improve the efficiency of my programming skills.i m very poor in writing effiecient codes.😔
Hey,

Sorry for the late reply, but I appreciate your effort. As far as improving your programming abilities is considered, I'll say that even the same is with me but one thing is true which I can share according to my experience that: Practice makes a man perfect. What you can do is take up tricky question and then try solving it through different ways and all the time just think on how you can make your code run faster.
This will surely help you.

For your next post......

You know the code will work with if(n==0) alone and also with if(n==0||n==3) as you suggested . But you know in your case that is "if(n==0||n==3)" the loop will run one time less than for "if(n==0)".
Now it is you who have to decide whether you want to reduce one iteration against evalution of one more condition at each iteration.
So see, u have found a way to improvise on coding practises.

Thanks and Regards,
Mayank Shukla.

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anil_sjce

Member • Oct 29, 2006

😕

itoa and atoi functions use / and % internally................

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Manish Goyal

Member • Dec 27, 2009

I don't know c ./..so here is the code in c++

#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
int no;
cout<<"enter no"<<endl;
cin>>no;
while(no>0)
{
no=no-3;
}
if(no==0)
{
cout<<"Divisible by 3"<<endl;
}
else
{
cout<<"Not DIVisible"<<endl;
}
getch();
}

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Prasad Ajinkya

Member • Dec 28, 2009

I am not going to put the code down, but heres a quick and dirty logic.

1. Get the sum of all digits (say x)
2. Get the sum of all digits of x till you get a single digit
3. Use switch case (3,6,9) to see if it's the right no.

Mayank, does that hold?

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