Python/conversions/decimal_to_octal.py
Jawpral 74d96ab355 Fixed issue #1368 (#1482)
* Changed as suggested

Now return in same format as oct() returns

* Slight change

* Fixed issue #1368, return values for large number now is fixed and does not return in scientific notation

* Update decimal_to_octal.py
2019-12-08 23:27:42 +01:00

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"""Convert a Decimal Number to an Octal Number."""
import math
# Modified from:
# https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Javascript/blob/master/Conversions/DecimalToOctal.js
def decimal_to_octal(num: int) -> str:
"""Convert a Decimal Number to an Octal Number.
>>> all(decimal_to_octal(i) == oct(i) for i in (0, 2, 8, 64, 65, 216, 255, 256, 512))
True
"""
octal = 0
counter = 0
while num > 0:
remainder = num % 8
octal = octal + (remainder * math.pow(10, counter))
counter += 1
num = math.floor(num / 8) # basically /= 8 without remainder if any
# This formatting removes trailing '.0' from `octal`.
return f"0o{int(octal)}"
def main():
"""Print octal equivelents of decimal numbers."""
print("\n2 in octal is:")
print(decimal_to_octal(2)) # = 2
print("\n8 in octal is:")
print(decimal_to_octal(8)) # = 10
print("\n65 in octal is:")
print(decimal_to_octal(65)) # = 101
print("\n216 in octal is:")
print(decimal_to_octal(216)) # = 330
print("\n512 in octal is:")
print(decimal_to_octal(512)) # = 1000
print("\n")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()