Octal to binary conversion in C with some example programs

C Programming

Conversion of octal to binary in C

We will learn C program to convert octal to binary in this article. We will take an octal number as input from user then convert it to equivalent binary number using C program.

We know that octal number is 8 based number where we can use the digits from 0 to 7 for writing any number. On the other hand, binary is 2 based number where we have to use only 0 and 1 to write any number. Here, we will use this concept of their base to convert a number from octal to binary. So, let’s go ahead with code.

See details about how to convert octal to binary mathematically.

C program to convert octal to binary

// C program to convert a number from octal to binary

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

int main(){
  int oct, dec = 0, c = 0;
  long bin = 0;

  printf("Enter any octal number here to convert : ");
  scanf("%d", &oct);

  while(oct != 0){
	dec = dec + (oct % 10) * pow(8, c);
	c++;
	oct /= 10;
  }

  c = 1;

  while(dec != 0){
	bin = bin + (dec % 2) * c;
	dec /= 2;
	c *= 10;
  }

  printf("\nBinary number is = %ld\n", bin);

  return 0;
}

Output of octal to binary conversion program:

octal-to-binary-conversion-in-c-c-program-to-convert-octal-to-binary

Octal to binary conversion using function in C

// Octal to binary using function in C

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

long oct_to_bin(int oct_num);

int main(){
  int oct;

  printf("Enter the octal number to convert : ");
  scanf("%d", &oct);

  printf("\nBinary number is = %ld\n", oct_to_bin(oct));

  return 0;
}


long oct_to_bin(int octal_num){
  int decimal_num = 0, k = 0;
  long binary_num = 0;

  while(octal_num != 0){
	decimal_num = decimal_num + (octal_num % 10) * pow(8, k);
	k++;
	octal_num /= 10;
  }

  k = 1;

  while (decimal_num != 0){
	binary_num = binary_num + (decimal_num % 2) * k;
	decimal_num /= 2;
	k *= 10;
  }
  
  return binary_num;
}

See the output of this program

Enter the octal number to convert : 56

Binary number is = 101110

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