C Programming: Perfect square
C Programming Mathematics: Exercise-29 with Solution
Write a C programming to get the smallest number of square numbers that add up to an integer n.
In mathematics, a perfect square is a number that can be expressed as either the product of an integer by itself or as the second exponent of an integer..
Sample Data:
14 = 32 + 22 + 12
Output – 3
15 = 32 + 22 + 12 + 12
Output - 4
16 = 42
Output – 1
17 = 42 + 12
Output – 2
Sample Solution:
C Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <mem.h>
int test(int n) {
int * nums = (int * ) malloc((n + 1) * sizeof(int));
memset(nums, 10000, (n + 1) * sizeof(int));
nums[0] = 0;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
for (int j = 1; j * j <= i; j++)
nums[i] = nums[i] < nums[i - j * j] + 1 ? nums[i] : nums[i - j * j] + 1;
return nums[n];
}
int main(void) {
int n = 14;
printf("%d number of square numbers equal to %d", test(n), n);
n = 15;
printf("\n%d number of square numbers equal to %d", test(n), n);
n = 16;
printf("\n%d number of square numbers equal to %d", test(n), n);
n = 17;
printf("\n%d number of square numbers equal to %d", test(n), n);
}
Sample Output:
3 number of square numbers equal to 14 4 number of square numbers equal to 15 1 number of square numbers equal to 16 2 number of square numbers equal to 17
Flowchart:

C Programming Code Editor:
Improve this sample solution and post your code through Disqus.
Previous: Find angle between given hour and minute hands.
Next: Count all the numbers with unique digits in a range.
What is the difficulty level of this exercise?
Test your Programming skills with w3resource's quiz.
C Programming: Tips of the Day
What's the point of const pointers?
const is a tool which you should use in pursuit of a very important C++ concept:
Find bugs at compile-time, rather than run-time, by getting the compiler to enforce what you mean.
Even though it does not change the functionality, adding const generates a compiler error when you're doing things you didn't mean to do. Imagine the following typo:
void foo(int* ptr) { ptr = 0;// oops, I meant *ptr = 0 }
If you use int* const, this would generate a compiler error because you're changing the value to ptr. Adding restrictions via syntax is a good thing in general. Just don't take it too far -- the example you gave is a case where most people don't bother using const.
Ref : https://bit.ly/33Cdn3Q
- Weekly Trends
- Java Basic Programming Exercises
- SQL Subqueries
- Adventureworks Database Exercises
- C# Sharp Basic Exercises
- SQL COUNT() with distinct
- JavaScript String Exercises
- JavaScript HTML Form Validation
- Java Collection Exercises
- SQL COUNT() function
- SQL Inner Join
- JavaScript functions Exercises
- Python Tutorial
- Python Array Exercises
- SQL Cross Join
- C# Sharp Array Exercises