This C Program converts a binary number to an equivalent octal number.

Example: Program to convert Binary to Octal

In this program, user is asked to enter the binary number and the program then converts that binary number to the octal number by calling a user defined function. To understand this program, you should be familiar with the following C programming concepts:

1. C – while loop
2. C – Functions

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
//This function converts binary number to octal number
int binaryToOctal(long binarynum)
{
    int octalnum = 0, decimalnum = 0, i = 0;

    /* This while loop converts binary number "binarynum" to the
     * decimal number "decimalnum"
     */
    while(binarynum != 0)
    {
        decimalnum = decimalnum + (binarynum%10) * pow(2,i);
        i++;
        binarynum = binarynum / 10;
    }

    //i is re-initialized
    i = 1;

    /* This loop converts the decimal number "decimalnum" to the octal
     * number "octalnum"
     */
    while (decimalnum != 0)
    {
        octalnum = octalnum + (decimalnum % 8) * i;
        decimalnum = decimalnum / 8;
        i = i * 10;
    }

    //Returning the octal number that we got from binary number
    return octalnum;
}
int main()
{
    long binarynum;

    printf("Enter a binary number: ");
    scanf("%ld", &binarynum);

    // calling the function here
    printf("Equivalent octal value: %d", binaryToOctal(binarynum));

    return 0;
}

Output:

Enter a binary number: 111001
Equivalent octal value: 71