C Exercises: Check whether a given positive number is a multiple of 3 or a multiple of 7

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Write a C program that checks if a positive integer is divisible by either 3 or 7, or both. If the integer is a multiple of 3, then the program will return true. Similarly, if the integer is a multiple of 7, then also the program will return true. If the integer is not a multiple of 3 or 7, then the program will return false.

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>  // Include standard input/output library
#include <stdlib.h> // Include standard library for modulo operation

int test(int n); // Declare the function 'test' with an integer parameter

int main(void)
{
    // Call the function 'test' with argument 3 and print the result
    printf("%d", test(3));

    // Print a newline for formatting
    printf("\n");

    // Call the function 'test' with argument 14 and print the result
    printf("%d", test(14));

    // Print a newline for formatting
    printf("\n");

    // Call the function 'test' with argument 12 and print the result
    printf("%d", test(12));

    // Print a newline for formatting
    printf("\n");

    // Call the function 'test' with argument 37 and print the result
    printf("%d", test(37));
}

// Function definition for 'test'
int test(int n)
{
    // Check if 'n' is divisible by 3 or if 'n' is divisible by 7.
    // Return 1 (true) if either condition is true, otherwise return 0 (false).
    return n % 3 == 0 || n % 7 == 0;
}

Sample Output:

1
1
1
0

Explanation:

int test(int n) {
  return n % 3 == 0 || n % 7 == 0;
}

This function ‘test’ takes an integer (n) as input and checks if it is divisible by 3 or 7 or not. If it is divisible by either 3 or 7, then it returns 1, otherwise, it returns 0.

Time complexity and space complexity:

Time complexity: O(1) - the function has a constant time complexity, as it performs a single arithmetic operation and a few conditional checks, which take a constant amount of time.

Space complexity: O(1) - the function uses a fixed amount of memory to store the input integer and the boolean value it returns, which does not depend on the size of the input.

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