C Program to check Armstrong Number

In this post we are checking whether a given number is Armstrong.

First of all an Armstrong number is a n-digits base b number such that the sum of its (b) digits raised to the power n is the number itself.

Hence 153 because 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3 = 1+ 125 + 27 = 153.

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Implementation using recursion:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int armstrongNumber(int number);

int main()
{
    int number,flag;
    printf("Enter number : \n");
    scanf("%d",&number);
    flag = armstrongNumber(number);
    if(flag == 1)
        printf("%d is an Armstrong number.",number);
    else
        printf("%d is not an Armstrong number.",number);
    return 0;
}
int armstrongNumber(int number)
{
    int flag, temp, remainder, sum = 0, n =0;
    temp = number;
    while(temp != 0) //for calculating no of digits in integer
    {
        temp = temp/10;
        n++;
    }
    temp = number;
    while(temp !=0)
    {
        remainder = temp % 10; // ex. (153%10) gives 3 remainder
        sum = sum + pow(remainder,n); //pow(3,3)
        temp = temp/10; //sets temp = 153/10 i.e. 15
    }
    if(sum == number)
        flag = 1;
    else
        flag = 0;
  return flag;
}

Output:
Enter number: 1634
1634 is an Armstrong number. 

Implementation using iteration:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<math.h>

int main()
{
    int number, temp, remainder, sum = 0, n = 0;
    printf("Enter number : \n");
    scanf("%d",&number);
    
    temp = number;
    while(temp != 0)
    {
        temp = temp / 10;
        n++;
    }
    
    temp = number;
    while(temp != 0)
    {
        remainder = temp % 10;
        sum = sum + pow(remainder, n);
        temp = temp / 10;
    }
    
    if(sum == number)
        printf("%d is an Armstrong number.", number);
    else
        printf("%d is not an Armstrong number,", number);
    
    return 0;
}

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