hexadecimal_to_octal.c

/* C program to convert Hexadecimal to Octal number system */

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    char hex[17];
    long long octal, bin, place;
    int i = 0, rem, val;

    /* Input hexadecimal number from user */
    printf("Enter any hexadecimal number: ");
    gets(hex);

    octal = 0ll;
    bin = 0ll;
    place = 0ll;

    /* Hexadecimal to binary conversion */
    for(i=0; hex[i]!='\0'; i++)
    {
        bin = bin * place;

        switch(hex[i])
        {
            case '0':
                bin += 0;
                break;
            case '1':
                bin += 1;
                break;
            case '2':
                bin += 10;
                break;
            case '3':
                bin += 11;
                break;
            case '4':
                bin += 100;
                break;
            case '5':
                bin += 101;
                break;
            case '6':
                bin += 110;
                break;
            case '7':
                bin += 111;
                break;
            case '8':
                bin += 1000;
                break;
            case '9':
                bin += 1001;
                break;
            case 'a':
            case 'A':
                bin += 1010;
                break;
            case 'b':
            case 'B':
                bin += 1011;
                break;
            case 'c':
            case 'C':
                bin += 1100;
                break;
            case 'd':
            case 'D':
                bin += 1101;
                break;
            case 'e':
            case 'E':
                bin += 1110;
                break;
            case 'f':
            case 'F':
                bin += 1111;
                break;
            default:
                printf("Invalid hexadecimal input.");
        }

        place = 10000;
    }

    place = 1;

    /* Binary to octal conversion */
    while(bin > 0)
    {
        rem = bin % 1000;

        switch(rem)
        {
            case 0:
                val = 0;
                break;
            case 1:
                val = 1;
                break;
            case 10:
                val = 2;
                break;
            case 11:
                val = 3;
                break;
            case 100:
                val = 4;
                break;
            case 101:
                val = 5;
                break;
            case 110:
                val = 6;
                break;
            case 111:
                val = 7;
                break;
        }

        octal = (val * place) + octal;
        bin /= 1000;

        place *= 10;
    }

    printf("Hexadecimal number = %s\n", hex);
    printf("Octal number = %lld", octal);

    return 0;
}