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Example Program: Pence to Pounds and Pence

The following program converts an input value in pence to the equivalent value in pounds and pence. Note how integer division has been used to find the whole number of pounds in the value of pence by dividing pence by 100. Also how the % operator has been used to find the remainder when pence is divided by 100 to produce the number of pence left over.

// Convert a sum of money in pence into the equivalent
// sum in pounds and pence.

#include <iostream.h>

void main()
{
  int pence, pounds;
  cout << "Enter the amount in pence: ";
  cin >> pence;
  cout << pence << " pence is ";
  pounds = pence / 100; // note use of integer division
  pence = pence % 100;  // modulus operator -> remainder
  cout << pounds << " pounds and "
       << pence << " pence" << endl;
}
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