C Program to Input 3 Arguments and Operate Appropriately on the Numbers

This C Program input 3 arguments and operate appropriately on the numbers.

Here is source code of the C Program to input 3 arguments and operate appropriately on the numbers. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

1. /* 

2.  * C Program to Input 3 Arguments and Operate Appropriately on the 

3.  * Numbers

4.  */

5. #include <stdio.h>

7. void main(int argc, char * argv[])

8. {

9.     int a, b, result;

10.     char ch;

12.     printf("arguments entered: \n");

13.     a = atoi(argv[1]);

14.     b = atoi(argv[2]);

15.     ch  = *argv[3];

16.     printf("%d %d %c", a, b, ch);

17.     switch (ch)

18.     {

19.     case '+':

20.         result = a + b;

21.         break;

22.     case '-':

23.         result = a - b;

24.         break;

25.     case 'x':

26.         result = a * b;

27.         break;

28.     case '/':

29.         result = a / b;

30.         break;

31.     default:

32.         printf("Enter a valid choice");

33.     }

34.     printf("\nThe result of the operation is %d", result);

35.     printf("\n");    

36. }

$ gcc arg2.c
$ a.out 5 4 +
arguments entered:
5 4 +
The result of the operation is 9
$ a.out 8 7 -
arguments entered:
8 7 -
The result of the operation is 1
$ a.out 9 6 x
arguments entered:
9 6 x
The result of the operation is 54
$ a.out 100 10 /
arguments entered:
100 10 /
The result of the operation is 10