Breaking an integer including loops

[mad andrei]

how do i write a code that determines and prints the digits that make up every three-digit number
that is divisible by 47. For example, for the digit 100 the program should print:

100
1
0
0
**********
457
4
5
7
**********

[Junilu Lacar]

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Have you learned about the % operator? That's going to be a key part of the solution.

[Junilu Lacar]

Also, you say that you need to do this for "every three-digit number that is divisible by 47"

Neither 457 nor 100 are evenly divisible by 47 so why are you using these as examples?

[Marin Tapnoi]

Another way is, for example, take your 457 as an input value, you can convert it to a float value (457.0) and divide by 10  (45.7).
Then convert 45.7 to a String and remove the ".", the result will be "457" (which you can split into tokens, convert each to an int, print it out, etc. as you'd like).

[Junilu Lacar]

Marin Tapnoi wrote:Another way is, for example, take your 457 as an input value, you can convert it to a float value (457.0) and divide by 10  (45.7).
Then convert 45.7 to a String and remove the ".", the result will be "457" (which you can split into tokens, convert each to an int, print it out, etc. as you'd like).

Sorry, but that sounds a lot like Yak Shaving to me.

[Marin Tapnoi]

Actually, you're right. I could have done that without the fuss of conversion to float as well

[Junilu Lacar]

You can do it without converting to String at all. Just % and / and simple recursion.

[Carey Brown]

A loop would be easier than recursion.

[Junilu Lacar]

The recursive solution is ridiculously easy. Also, you are printing digits from left to right, which makes recursion a natural approach.

[Carey Brown]

Junilu Lacar wrote:The recursive solution is ridiculously easy. Also, you are printing digits from left to right, which makes recursion a natural approach.

OK, I concede. Recursion however is not necessarily a beginner topic.

[Junilu Lacar]

Carey Brown wrote:Recursion however is not necessarily a beginner topic.

I concede right back atcha

[Campbell Ritchie]

Marin Tapnoi wrote:. . . convert it to a float value (457.0) . . .

Avoid floats like the plague. You are risking imprecision with floating‑point arithmetic at the best of times, but floats are worse than doubles. If you really want to shave yaks, use BigDecimals. But that isn't how I would divide an int into its successive digits.

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