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Celsius/Fahrenheit converter
/*
* takes a temperature (like 28.5 F or -32C) as stdin and prints
* converted value
* USAGE: echo "-205.3 F" | ./ctof
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{
printf("Enter a temperature (append C/F): ");
char temp[256];
fgets(temp, 256, stdin);
char res_unit = 'Z';
char temp_unit = 'Z';
// determine if this is in C or F
int i;
for (i=0; i<strlen(temp)+1; i++)
{
if (temp[i] == ' ')
{
continue;
}
if (temp[i] == 'c' || temp[i] == 'C')
{
res_unit = 'F'; temp_unit = 'C';
break;
}
else if (temp[i] == 'f' || temp[i] == 'F')
{
res_unit = 'C'; temp_unit = 'F';
break;
}
}
// did it not find a unit?
if (res_unit == 'Z' || temp_unit == 'Z')
{
printf("Need a unit at the end of the input!\n");
return 1;
}
// now remove that last character from the string
char c_input[20];
for (i=0; i<strlen(temp)+1; i++)
{
if (temp[i] == ' ')
{
// we dont want no damn spaces
continue;
}
c_input[i] = temp[i];
}
c_input[i+1] = '\0'; // almighty null-terminator
float res, input;
sscanf(c_input, "%f", &input); // w00t thats just awesome
if (temp_unit == 'c' || temp_unit == 'C')
{
res = ((input * 9) / 5.0) + 32; // convert to F
}
if (temp_unit == 'f' || temp_unit == 'F')
{
res = ((input - 32) * 5) / 9.0; // convert to C
}
printf("%.1f°%c is %.1f°%c\n", input, temp_unit, res, res_unit);
return 0;
}
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