Ver 2.

UNIT-II

Module – 2: (Arithmetic expressions & Conditional Branching)

Arithmetic expressions and precedence: Operators and expression using numeric and relational operators, mixed
operands, type conversion, logical operators, bit operations, assignment operator, operator precedence and
associativity.
Conditional Branching: Applying if and switch statements, nesting if and else, use of break and default with switch.

Operators
Expression: An expression is a sequence of operands and operators that reduces to single value

Example: 10+25 is an expression whose value is 35

C operators can be classified into a no. of categories.

They include:

1. Arithmetic
2. Relational
3. Logical
4. Assignment
5. Increment and Decrement
6. Conditional
7. Bitwise
8. Special

ARITHMETIC OPERATORS: C provides all the basic arithmetic operators, they are +, -, *, /, %. Integer
division truncates(shorten) any fractional part. The modulo division produces the remainder of an integer
division.

Ex: a+b
a–b
a*b
a/b
a%b

Here a and b are variables and are known as operands.

Note: 1. Modulo (%) cannot be used for floating and double data types.

2. C does not have an operator for exponentiation.

INTEGER ARITHMETIC:

• When the operands in an expression are integers then the expression is an integer expression and the
operation is called integer arithmetic.
• This always yields an integer value.
• For E.g. a = 14 and n = 4 then

a - b = 10 - 14 % 3 = -2

a + b = 18 a%b=2

a * b = 56 -14 % - 3 = 2

a/b=3

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 1 | Page

 Ver 2.0

Note: During modulo division, the sign of the result is always the sign of the first operand (the dividend)

Example: Write a program to illustrate the use of all Arithmetic operator

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main ( )
{
int sum,prod,sub, div,mod,a, b ;
clrscr();
printf(“Enter values of a, b :”);
scanf(“%d %d”, & a, & b); sum
= a+b ; Output:
printf(“Sum = %d”, sum);
sub = a-b; Enter values of a, b:
printf(“\tSubtract = %d”, sub); 10
prod = a*b; 4
printf(“\tProduct = %d”, prod); Sum=14 Subtract=6 Product=40
div = a/b; Division=2 Mod=2
printf(“\tDivision = %d”, div);
mod = a % b ;
printf(“\tMod = %d”,a % b);
getch();
}

Real Arithmetic / Floating Pont Arithmetic:

Floating Point Arithmetic involves only real operands of decimal or exponential notation. If x, y & z are floats, then

x = 6.0/7.0 = 0.857143

y = -1.0/3.0 = 0.333333

z = 3.0/2.0 = 1.500000

% cannot be used with real operands

Mixed mode Arithmetic: When one of the operands is real and the other is integer the expression is a mixed mode
arithmetic expression.

Example: 15/10.0 = 1.500000

15/10 = 1

10/15 = 0

-10.0/15 = -0.666667

RELATIONAL OPERATORS:
Relational operators are used to find the relation between two variables. i.e. to compare the values of two variables
in a C program.
S.no Operators Example Description
1 > x>y x is greater than y
2 < x<y x is less than y
3 >= x >= y x is greater than or equal to y
4 <= x <= y x is less than or equal to y

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 2 | Page

 Ver 2.0

5 == x == y x is equal to y
6 != x != y x is not equal to y

Example: Write a program in C to use various relational operators and display their return values.

#include <stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
int a = 21;
int b = 10;
int c ;

if( a == b )
{
printf("Line 1 - a is equal to b\n" );
}
else
{
printf("Line 1 - a is not equal to b\n" );
}

if ( a < b )
{
printf("Line 2 - a is less than b\n" ); Output:
}
Line 1 - a is not equal to b
else
Line 2 - a is not less than b
{
Line 3 - a is greater than b
printf("Line 2 - a is not less than b\n" );
Line 4 - a is either less than or equal to b
}
Line 5 - b is either greater than or equal to b
if ( a > b )
{
printf("Line 3 - a is greater than b\n" );
}
else
{
printf("Line 3 - a is not greater than b\n" );
}
/* Lets change value of a and b */
a = 5;
b = 20;
if ( a <= b )
{
printf("Line 4 - a is either less than or equal to b\n" );
}
if ( b >= a )
{
printf("Line 5 - b is either greater than or equal to b\n" );
}
}

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 3 | Page

 Ver 2.0

LOGICAL OPERATOR:
Logical Operators are used when we want to test more than one condition and make decisions. Here the operands
can be constants, variables and expressions.

S.no Operators Name Example Description

logical
1 && (x>5)&&(y<5) It returns true when both conditions are true
AND

2 || logical OR (x>=10)||(y>=10) It returns true when at-least one of the conditions is true

logical It reverses the state of the operand “((x>5) && (y<5))”

3 ! !((x>5)&&(y<5))
NOT If “((x>5) && (y<5))” is true, logical NOT operator makes it false

Where True=1 and False=0

Operator Condition 1 Condition 2 Final Output

AND 0 0 0

0 1 0
1 0 0

1 1 1
OR 0 0 0
0 1 1

1 0 1
1 1 1

NOT 0 - 1
1 - 0
Example:

#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int num1 = 30;
int num2 = 40;

if(num1>=40 || num2>=40)
{
printf("\nOr If Block Gets Executed"); Output
}
if(num1>=20 && num2>=30) Or If Block Gets Executed
{ And If Block Gets Executed
printf("\nAnd If Block Gets Executed"); Not If Block Gets Executed
}
if( !(num1>=40))
{
printf("\nNot If Block Gets Executed");

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 4 | Page

 Ver 2.0
}
getch();
}

ASSIGNMENT OPERATOR:
• Used to assign the result of an expression to a variable.
• = is the assignment operator.
• In addition, C has a set of short hand assignment operators of the form

int a=10;

Example: Short hand Expression

x+=2 ➔ x=x+2

x*=2 ➔ x=x*2

x-=2 ➔ x=x-2

x/=2 ➔ x=x/2

INCREMENT AND DECREMENT OPERATORS: ++ and --

The Operator + + adds 1 to the operand while -- subtracts 1, both are unary operators.

++x or x ++ == > x+=1 == > x=x+1

. -- x or x- - == > x-=1 == > x=x-1

✓ ++a or a++ is equivalent to a=a+1.

✓ The difference between pre-increment and post-increment lies in the point at which the value of
their operand is incremented.

I. In case of pre-increment operator, firstly the value of its operand is incremented and then it
is used for the evaluation of expression.

II. In case of post-increment operator, the value of operand is used first for the evaluation of
the expression and after its use, the value of the operand is incremented.

III. Increment operator is a token i.e. one unit. There should be no white space character
between two ‘+’ symbols. If white space is placed between two ‘+’ symbols, they become
two unary plus (+) operators.

✓ --a or a-- is equivalent to a=a-1.

✓ The difference between pre-decrement and post-decrement lies in the point at which the value of
their operand is decremented.

I. In case of pre-decrement operator, firstly the value of its operand is decremented and then
used for the evaluation of the expression in which it appears.

II. In case of post-decrement operator, firstly the value of operand is used for the evaluation of
the expression in which it appears and then, its value is decremented.

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 5 | Page

 Ver 2.0

Example:

#include <stdio.h>
void main() Output
{
int a = 21; Line 1 - Value of a++ is: 21
int c ; Line 2 - Value of a is: 22
c = a++;
printf("Line 1 - Value of a++ is :%d",c); Line 3 - Value of ++a is: 23
printf("Line 2 - Value of a is :%d",a);
c = ++a;
printf("Line 3 - Value of ++a is :%d",c);
}

CONDITIONAL OPERATOR:
• It is used to check a condition and Select a Value depending on the value of the condition.

Variable = (condition)? Value 1: Value 2;

• If the Value of the condition is true then Value 1 is e valued assigned to the Variable, otherwise Value2.

Example:

#include <stdio.h>
void main() Output
{ Value of b is 30
int a=10,b,c;
clrscr(); Value of c is 20
b=(a == 1) ? 20: 30;
c=(a == 10) ? 20: 30;
printf( "Value of b is %d\n",b);
printf( "Value of c is %d\n",c);
getch();
}

BITWISE OPERATOR:
• These operators are used to perform operations at binary level i.e. bitwise.
• These operators are used for testing the bits, or shifting them right or left.
• These operators are not applicable to float or double. Following are the Bitwise operators with their
meanings.

Operator Description Example (A=60 and B=16)

& Binary AND Operator copies a bit to the result if it exists in (A & B) will give 16 which is 00010000
both operands.
| Binary OR Operator copies a bit if it exists in either operand. (A | B) will give 60 which is 00111100
^ Bitwise Exclusive – OR Binary XOR Operator copies the bit if it
is set in one operand but not both.
(A^B) will give 44 which is 00101100
~ Binary Ones Complement Operator is unary and has the (~A ) will give -61 which is 11000011 in
effect of 'flipping' bits. 2's complement form due to a signed
binary number
<< Binary Left Shift Operator. The left operands value is moved A << 2 will give 240 which is 1111 0000
left by the number of bits specified by the right operand.

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 6 | Page

 Ver 2.0

>> A >> 2 will give 15 which is 0000 1111

Binary Right Shift Operator. The left operands value is moved
right by the number of bits specified by the right operand.

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int A = 60,B = 16,C; Output
C = A & B;
printf("\nLine 1 - Value of C is %d\n", C ); Line 1 - Value of C is 16
C= A | B;
Line 2 - Value of C is 60
printf("\n Line 2 - Value of C is %d\n", C );
C = A ^ B; Line 3 - Value of C is 44
printf("\nLine 3 - Value of C is %d\n",C );
Line 4 - Value of C is -61
C = ~A;
printf("\nLine 4 - Value of C is %d\n", C ); Line 5 - Value of C is 240
C = A << 2;
printf("\nLine 5 - Value of C is %d\n",C ); Line 6 - Value of C is 15
C = A >> 2;
printf("\n Line 6 - Value of C is %d\n", C);
}

Sizeof Operator: It returns the size of a variable in bytes.

#include <stdio.h>
void main()
Output
{
int a = 4; Line 1 - Size of variable a= 2
float b; Line 1 - Size of variable b= 4
double c; Line 1 - Size of variable c= 8
printf("Line 1 - Size of variable a = %d\n", sizeof(a) );
printf("Line 2 - Size of variable b = %d\n", sizeof(b) );
printf("Line 3 - Size of variable c= %d\n", sizeof(c) );
}

OPERATOR – PRECEDENCE:
Precedence is nothing but priority that indicates which operator has to be evaluated first when there are more than
one operator.

OPERATOR-ASSOCIATIVITY:

• When there is more than one operator with same precedence [priority] then we consider associativity, which
indicated the order in which the expression has to be evaluated.
• It may be either from Left to Right or Right to Left.

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 7 | Page

 Ver 2.0

Sr.No. Operator Name of Operator Associativity Rank

1. () Function call L→R 1

[] Array subscript

2. + Unary plus Unary R→L 2

- minus Increment

++ Decrement

-- Address-of

& Deference

* sizeof

sizeof Type cast (conversion)

(type)

3. * Multiplication L→R 3

/ Division Modulus

%
4. + Addition Subtraction L→R 4

-
5. << Left Shift L→R 5

>> Right Shift

6. < Less than Greater L→R 6

> than

<= Less than or equal to

>= Greater than or equal to

7. == Equal to L→R 7

!= Not equal to

8. & Bitwise AND L→R 8

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 8 | Page

 Ver 2.0

9. ^ Bitwise X-OR L→R 9

10. | Bitwise OR L→R 10

11. && Logical AND L→R 11

12. || Logical OR L→R 12

13. ?: Conditional operator R→L 13

14. = Simple assignment R→L 14

*= Assign product

/= Assign quotient

%= Assign modulus

+= Assign sum

-= Assign difference

&= Assign bitwise AND

|= Assign bitwise OR

^= Assign bitwise XOR

<<= Assign left shift

>>= Assign right shift

15. , Comma operator L→R 15

Example: a=(2.0/3.0)+4/2
=0.6+2
int a=4,b=2;
=2.6
float x=2,y=3;
b= (4*2.0)/3.0
a=(x/y)/y; = 8.0/3.0
b=(a*x)/y; =2.66

TYPE CASTING OR TYPE CONVERSION:

• Normally before an operation takes pace both the operands must have the same type.
• C converts one or both the operands to the appropriate date types by Type conversion.
• This can be achieved in 3 ways.

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 9 | Page

 Ver 2.0

IMPLICIT TYPE CONVERSION:

• In this the data type Variable of lower type (which holds lower range of values or has lower
precision) is converted to a higher type (which holds higher range of values or has high precision).
• This type of conversion is also called “promotion”.
• If a “char” is converted into “int” it is called as internal promotion

Example: void main()

int I;

char C = ‘A’;

I = C;

printf(“I=%d”,I);

Output

I=65

Now the int Variable I hold the ASCII code of the char ‘A’

a) An arithmetic operation between an integer and integer yields an integer result.

b) Operation between a real yield a real

c) Operation between a real & an integer always yields a real result

Example: 5/2 = 2 2/5 = 0

5.0/2 = 2.5 2.0/50. = 0.4
5/2.0 = 2.5 2/5.0 = 0.4
5.0/2.0 = 2.5 2.0/5.0 = 0.4

ASSIGNMENT TYPE CONVERSION:

If the two Operands in an Assignment operation are of different data types the right-side Operand is
automatically converted to the data type of the left side.

Example: Let k‟ is an int var & a is a float var

int k;
float a;
k= 5/2=2 k=2/5=0 a = 5/2=2.0
k=5.0/2=2.5 k=2.0/5.0=0.4 a = 5.0/2=2.5

EXPLICIT TYPE CONVERSION:

• When we want to convent a type forcibly in a way that is different from automatic type conversion, we
need to go for explicit type conversion.

(type name) expression;

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 10 | P a g e
 Ver 2.0

• Type name is one of the standard data types.

• Expression may be a constant variable or an expression this process of conversion is called as casting a
value. Example: x = (int) 7.5;

A = (int) 21.3/ (int) 4.5;

Y = (int) (a + b);

P = (double) (sum)/n;

Format Specifier: Conversion specifications

Data Type Conversion symbol

short int %d
long int %ld
float %f
double %lf
char %c
string %s

BRANCHING STATEMENTS
In the term software or computer programming, it has a set of instruction (in simple or complex form) called
program. These instructions are also called statements, which occurs sequentially or in either conditional way or in
the iterative (repeated) way. To handle such types of statements some flow controls required. These flow controls
are called Control Statements
In other words, the control statements are used to control the cursor in a program according to the condition or
according to the requirement in a loop. There are mainly three types of control statements or flow controls. These
are illustrated as below:
• Branching
• Looping
• Jumping
Branching Statement
• if statement
o Simple if statement
o if-else statement
o nested if statement
o else-if or ladder if or multi-condition if statement
• switch statement
• conditional operator statement

Simple if statement:
The “if” statement is a powerful decision-making statement and is used to control the flow of execution of
statements.
Syntax:
if (Condition or test expression)
{
Statement;
}
Statement-x;

• It is basically a “Two-way” decision statement (one for TRUE and other for FALSE)
• It has only one option.
• The statement as executed only when the condition is true.
• In case the condition is false the compiler skips the lines within the “if Block”.
• The condition is always enclosed within a pair of parenthesis i.e. ( ).
PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 11 | P a g e
 Ver 2.0

• The conditional statement should not the terminated with Semi-colons (i.e. ;)
• The Statements following the “if”-statement are normally enclosed in Curly Braces i.e. { }. But it is good
practice to use curly braces even with a single statement.
• The statement block may be a single statement or a group of statements.
• If the Test Expression / Conditions is TRUE, the Statement Block will be executed and executes rest of the
program

Example: Write a program to check equivalence of two numbers. Use “if” statement.
# include<stdio.h>
# include<conio.h>

void main( )
{ Output:
int m,n; Enter two numbers: 5
clrscr( );
5
printf(“\n Enter two numbers:”); Two numbers are equal.
scanf(“%d %d”, &m, &n);
if((m-n)= =0)
{
printf(“\n two numbers are equal”);
}
getch();
}

if-else Statement:
• It is observed that the if statement executes only when the condition following if is true.
• It does nothing when the condition is false.
• In if-else either True-Block or False – Block will be executed and not both.
• The “else” Statement cannot be used without “if”.
Syntax:
if ( Test Expression or Condition )
{
Statement-1; /*true block (or) if block */
}
else
{
Statement-2; /* false block (or) else block */
}
Example 1: Write a program to print the given number is even or odd.
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main( )
{
int n;
clrscr( );
printf(“\n Enter a number:”);
scanf(“%d”, &n);
if( (n%2)==0 )
printf(“\n The given number is EVEN”);
else
printf(“\n The given number is ODD”);
getch();
}

Nested “if–else” Statement:

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 12 | P a g e
 Ver 2.0

• Using of one if-else statement in another if-else statement is called as nested if-else control statement.
• When a series of decisions are involved, we may have to use more than one if-else statement in nested form.
Syntax:
if (Test Condition1)
{
if (Test Condition2)
{
Statement -1;
}
else
{
Statement -2;
}
}
else
{
if (Test Condition3)
{
Statement -3;
}
else
{
Statement -4;
}
} /* end of outer if-else */

• If Test Condition-1 is true then enter into outer if block, and it checks Test Condition-2 if it is true then
Statement-1 executed if it is false then else block executed i.e. Statement-2.
• If Test Condition -1 is false then it skips the outer if block and it goes to else block and Test Condition- 3
checks if it is true then Statement-3 executed, else Statement-4 executed.
Example 1:
Program to select and print the largest of the three float numbers using nested “if-else” statements.
# include<stdio.h>
# include<conio.h>
void main( )
{
int a,b,c;
printf("Enter Three Values:");
scanf("%d%d%d",&a,&b,&c); Output:
printf("\n Largest Value is:") ; Enter three values: 45
if(a>b) 78
{ 145
if(a>c) Largest Value is: 145
printf("%d", a);
else
printf("%d", c);
}
else
{
if (b>c)
printf("%d", b);
else
printf("%d", c);
}
getch( );

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 13 | P a g e

 Ver 2.0
}

(4) The “else – if” Ladder:

• This is another way of putting if else together when multiple decisions are involved.
• A multipath decision is a chain of if else in which the statement associated with each else is an if. Hence it
forms a ladder called else–if ladder.
Syntax
if (Test Condition -1)
Statement -1;
else if (Test Condition -2)
Statement -2;
else if (Test Condition -3)
Statement -3;
:

else if (Test Condition –n)

Statement –n;
else
default statement;
Statements-X;

• The above construction is known as else if ladders.

• The conditions are evaluated from top to bottom.
• As soon as a true condition is found, the statement associated with it is executed and the control is
transferred to the Rest of the Program Statement–X (skipping rest of the ladder).
• When all the conditions become false, then the final else containing the default statement will be executed.
Example: Write a program to read three numbers and find the largest one by using “else-if” ladder.
# include<stdio.h>
# include<conio.h>
void main( )
{
int a, b, c;
clrscr ( ) ;
printf(“Enter numbers a,b,c:”);
scanf(“%d%d%d”, &a,&b,&c);
if ((a>b) && (a>c))
printf(“\nHighest Number is: %d”, a);
else if ((b>a) && (b>c))
printf(“\nHighest Number is: %d”, b);
else
printf(“\nHighest Numbers is: %d”, c);
getch( );
}

(5) The switch-case Statement:

• The switch statement causes a particular group of statements to be chosen from several available groups.
• The selection is based upon the current value of an expression which is included within the switch
statement.
• The switch statement is a multi-way branch statement.
• In a program if there is a possibility to make a choice from a number of options, this structured selected is
useful.
PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 14 | P a g e
 Ver 2.0

• The switch statement requires only one argument of int or char data type, which is checked with number of
case options.
• The switch statement evaluates expression and then looks for its value among the case constants.
• If the value matches with case constant, then that particular case statement is executed.
• If no one case constant not matched then default is executed.
• Here switch, case and default are reserved words or keywords.
• Every case statement terminates with colon “:”.
• In switch each case block should end with break statement, i.e.

Syntax:
switch(variable or expression)
{
case value-1:
statement(s);
break;
case value-2:
statement(s);
break;
_____
_____
case value-n:
statement(s);
break;
default:
statement(s);
}
The switch() Execution:
• When one of the cases satisfies, the statements following it are executed.
• In case there is no match, the default case is executed.
Example: Write a program in C to evaluate addition, subtraction, multiplication, division based on user choice.
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
int a,b,c;
char ch;
printf("Press + addition, -subtraction, * multiply, / divsion, 5-exit");
scanf("\n%c",&ch);
printf("\nEnter two numbers");
scanf("%d%d",&a,&b);
switch(ch)
{
case '+':
Output:
c=a+b;
Press + addition, -subtraction, *
break;
multiply, / divsion, 5-exit
case '-':
+
c=a-b;
Enter two numbers 10
break;
30
case '*':
Answer is 40
c=a*b;
break;
case '/':
c=a/b;
break;

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 15 | P a g e

 Ver 2.0

case 5:
exit(1);
default:
printf("\nYou have entered wrong choice");
exit(1);
}
printf("\nAnswer is %d",c);
getch();
}

PRAMOD KUMAR (ASST. PROF.), CSE DEPT., HCST 16 | P a g e