fixed a bug and refactoring

Christian Bender · web-flow · commit 21dab04b0988 · 2018-03-18T23:42:43.000+01:00
If user type in 0 the output was empty. This bug is fixed. 
In addition I refactored and documented the code.
diff --git a/conversions/decimal _to_binary.c b/conversions/decimal _to_binary.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define MAXBITS 100
+
+int main()
+{
+
+    // input of the user
+    int inputNumber;
+
+    // for the remainder
+    int re;
+
+    // contains the bits 0/1
+    int bits[MAXBITS];
+
+    // for the loops
+    int j;
+    int i=0;
+
+    printf("\t\tConverter decimal --> binary\n\n");
+
+    // reads a decimal number from the user.
+    printf("\nenter a positive integer number: ");
+    scanf("%d",&inputNumber);
+
+    // make sure the input number is a positive integer.
+    if (inputNumber < 0)
+    {
+        printf("only positive integers >= 0\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // actual processing
+    while(inputNumber>0)
+    {
+
+        // computes the remainder by modulo 2
+        re = inputNumber % 2;
+
+        // computes the quotient of division by 2
+        inputNumber = inputNumber / 2;
+
+        bits[i] = re;
+        i++;
+
+    }
+
+    printf("\n the number in binary is: ");
+
+    // iterates backwards over all bits
+    for(j=i-1; j>=0; j--)
+    {
+        printf("%d",bits[j]);
+    }
+
+    // for the case the input number is 0
+    if (i == 0)
+    {
+        printf("0");
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
