32 lines
569 B
C
32 lines
569 B
C
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <math.h>
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/* This program is made available under the terms of the GNU Copyleft */
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int main(void)
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{
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char symbols[20];
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double sym;
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double bits;
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/*get the nums*/
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printf("How many symbols are available in this system ?\n");
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//gets(symbols);
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if (fgets(symbols,20,stdin) == NULL) { exit(1);}
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/*conv to values*/
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sym=atol(symbols);
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bits= log10(sym) / (log10(2));
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/*shannon's law is expressed in terms of log2(x) hence fiddly conversion*/
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printf("This is a radix=%g system with %g bits per symbol.\n\n", sym,
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bits);
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return 0;
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}
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