C Program to Convert Octal Number to Binary Number

This program converts an octal number to a binary number using a user defined function.

Example: Program to convert octal to binary

In this program we have created a user defined function octalToBinary(). This function converts the octal number (entered by user) to decimal number first and then converts that decimal number to binary number. To understand the working of this program, you should have the basic knowledge of following C Programming topics:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
//This function converts octal number to binary number
long octalToBinary(int octalnum)
{
    int decimalnum = 0, i = 0;
    long binarynum = 0;

    /* This loop converts octal number "octalnum" to the
     * decimal number "decimalnum"
     */
    while(octalnum != 0)
    {
	decimalnum = decimalnum + (octalnum%10) * pow(8,i);
	i++;
	octalnum = octalnum / 10;
    }

    //i is re-initialized
    i = 1;

    /* This loop converts the decimal number "decimalnum" to the binary
     * number "binarynum"
     */
    while (decimalnum != 0)
    {
	binarynum = binarynum + (decimalnum % 2) * i;
	decimalnum = decimalnum / 2;
	i = i * 10;
    }

    //Returning the binary number that we got from octal number
    return binarynum;
}
int main()
{
    int octalnum;

    printf("Enter an octal number: ");
    scanf("%d", &octalnum);

    //Calling the function octaltoBinary
    printf("Equivalent binary number is: %ld", octalToBinary(octalnum));

    return 0;
}

Output:

Enter an octal number: 71
Equivalent binary number is: 111001

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