Chapter

Converting Units

From ComputerScienceOne by Dr Chris Bourke

Concepts

1. Why is scanf() considered a risky input mechanism?

   "In general, scanf() is not a good mechanism for reading input (and in fact can be very dangerous), but it does provide a good starting point."

2. How do you outline a C program that converts Fahrenheit to Celsius?

   "Let’s write a program that will prompt the user to enter a temperature in degrees Fahrenheit and convert it to degrees Celsius using the formula C = ( F − 32) · 5 9. We begin with the basic program o