How is this wrong ? please help! (PLAYSTR)

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https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/27644765

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You are not reading in the binary strings a and b correctly (hint: scanf("%d",&x) reads an entire int at a time, not just a single digit from an integer).

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hello sir, what can i do to correct this error ?

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Read the bits a character at a time, and convert to 0 or 1 as appropriate.

For example, for reading a (I suck at C, so it there’s a better way, please let me know):

            for(j=0;j<n;j++)
            {
                char bitChar;
                scanf(" %c",&bitChar);
                a[j] = bitChar - '0';
            }

See e.g. How to do scanf for single char in C - Stack Overflow

Edit:

C++ solution, just for fun :slight_smile:

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thanks a lot !

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There is a better way. You can use a string input
char A[500]
scanf("%s", &A);

and then subtract ‘0’ from each input.
I used to study C years ago but as far as i remember this takes a string input as long as there is no space in between.