Merge pull request #17 from breakstate/breakstate-PrintBits

added PrintBits

Author: gouravthakur39

PrintBits.c

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+// Convert base10(decimal) values to base2(binary)
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+void PrintBits(int power, int num){
+    // firstOne is a flag that stops "0" being printed before a "1" is printed
+    int firstOne = 0;
+
+    // Conversion loop
+    while (power > 0) {
+      if (num >= power) {
+        firstOne = 1;
+        printf("1");
+        num %= power;
+      } else if (firstOne == 1) {
+          printf("0");
+      }
+      power /= 2;
+    }
+    printf("\n");
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+    int num = 0;
+    int power = 1;
+
+    // Getting input
+    printf("Please enter a numeric value: ");
+    scanf("%d", & num);
+    printf("%d represented in binary is: ", num);
+
+    // Determine highest order of magnitude needed for the base2 conversion
+    while (power < num) {
+      power *= 2;
+    }
+
+    // Edge case in event of 0 being entered
+    if (num == 0) {
+      printf("0\n");
+    } else {
+      PrintBits(power, num);
+    }
+    return (0);
+}