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#1

I wrote this code but the output coming is wrong .Can you please explain where I am getting wrong ?

#include
using namespace std;
int main() {
int n;
int m=0;
int k;
int p=1;
int g=0;
cin>>n;
while (n>0)
{
k=n%8;
p=10^g;
m=m+k*p;
g=g+1;
n=n/8;
}
cout<<m<<endl;

return 0;

}

#2

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#3
#4

Check line 14 of your code.
In C++ the “^” operator is a bitwise OR. It does not work for raising to a power.
The logic is also very simple:
You can refer this

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#6

In C++ the “^” operator is a bitwise OR, so how to raise a power of something in C++

#7

Hi @abhix25

You can use inbuilt pow function. Syntax -> int ans = pow(x,y); x raised to power y is stored in variable ans.

Hope it Helps.

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