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C Program to Make a Simple

Calculator Using
switch...case
In this example, you will learn to create a simple
calculator in C programming using the switch statement.

To understand this example, you should have the

knowledge of the following C programming (/c-
programming) topics:

C switch Statement (/c-programming/c-switch-case-

statement)

C break and continue (/c-programming/c-break-

continue-statement)
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two operands depending upon the
operator entered by the user.

Simple Calculator using switch Statement

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

char op;

double first, second;

printf("Enter an operator (+, -, *, /): ");

scanf("%c", &op);

printf("Enter two operands: ");

scanf("%lf %lf", &first, &second);

switch (op) {
case '+':

printf("%.1lf + %.1lf = %.1lf", first, second, fi

break;

case '-':

printf("%.1lf - %.1lf = %.1lf", first, second, fi

break;

case '*':

printf("%.1lf * %.1lf = %.1lf", first, second, fi

break;

case '/':

printf("%.1lf / %.1lf = %.1lf", first, second, fi

break;

// operator doesn't match any case constant

default:

printf("Error! operator is not correct");

return 0;

Output
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Enter an operator (+, -, *,): *

Enter two operands: 1.5

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The * operator entered by the user is stored in op . And,
the two operands, 1.5 and 4.5 are stored in first and
second respectively.

Since the operator * matches case '*': , the control of

the program jumps to

printf("%.1lf * %.1lf = %.1lf", first, second, first * se

This statement calculates the product and displays it on

the screen.

To make our output look cleaner, we have simply limited

the output to one decimal place using the code %.1lf .

Finally, the break; statement ends the switch

statement.

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