Trying to take in either binary or regular integer (decimal)

[Kombat]

The user types bits 110, or 6, and the program returns
the 6th input.

How do I get the program to scan in a binary and decimal value?

[Dave Sinkula]

The user types text. Read text, as a string. Interpret the string how you choose. Maybe first check if it could be binary, if not, try decimal. The function strtol would be handy, methinks.

[gerard4143]

I've seen this extension to the language to handle binary constants...you might be able to incorporate it. Notice the number 0b111

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

int main(int argc, char**argv)
{
	fprintf(stdout, "ans->%u\n", 0b111);
	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

[Salem]

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