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#include <stdio.h>
/* print Fahrenheit-Celsius table
for fahr = 0, 20, ..., 300 */
main()
{
int fahr, celsius;
int lower, upper, step;
lower = 0; /* lower limit of temperature table */
upper = 300; /* upper limit */
step = 20; /* step size */
fahr = lower;
while (fahr <= upper) {
celsius = 5*(fahr - 32)/9;
printf("%d\t%d\n", fahr, celsius);
fahr = fahr + step;
}
}
- Concepts: Structured programming; comments; declarations; variables; arithmetic expressions; loops; formatted output
- Some other basic data types: char, float, double
- Some other conversion specifiers:
%c
(character), %s
(string), %f
(float)
#include <stdio.h>
/* print Fahrenheit-Celsius table
for fahr = 0, 20, ..., 300; floating-point version */
main()
{
float fahr, celsius;
int lower, upper, step;
lower = 0; /* lower limit of temperature table */
upper = 300; /* upper limit */
step = 20; /* step size */
fahr = lower;
while (fahr <= upper) {
celsius = (5.0/9.0)*(fahr - 32.0);
printf("%3.0f %6.1f\n", fahr, celsius);
fahr = fahr + step;
}
}
- Concepts: Floating-point constants & expressions; type conversion
Massimo Ricotti
2009-01-26