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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by andioop@programming.dev to c/programming_horror@programming.dev

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[–] mac@programming.dev 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

who needs modulo when you can get less characters out of

while (number > 1) {
  number -= 2;
}
return number;

very efficient

edit: or theres the trusty iseven api

[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 6 points 10 months ago

here is somewhat less:

return (number % 2) == 0;

[–] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

are the negative numbers all even?

[–] I_am_10_squirrels 2 points 10 months ago

Yes