Population Lab CS50x

population.c

#include <cs50.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{

    // Prompt for the start size
    int startSize;
    do {
        startSize = get_int("Start size: ");
    } while (startSize <= 8);

    // Prompt for end size
    int endSize;
    do {
        endSize = get_int("End size: ");
    } while (endSize < startSize);

    // Calculate number of years until we reach threshold
    int currentNum = startSize;
    int numberOfYears = 0;

    // handling the same size input case
    if (startSize == endSize){
        numberOfYears = 0;
    } else {
        do {
            int born = currentNum / 3;
            int death = currentNum / 4;
            currentNum = currentNum + born -death;
            numberOfYears = numberOfYears + 1;
        } while (currentNum != endSize && currentNum <= endSize);
    }



    // TODO: Print number of years
    printf("Years: %i\n", numberOfYears);

}