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Date: 2008jan17
Language: C/C++
Level: Beginner

Q.  What's the nicest way to test if a number is odd or even in C/C++ ?

A.  I think this pair of functions is about as nice as you can get:

inline bool isodd(const int n)
{
	return n % 2;
}

inline bool iseven(const int n)
{
	return !isodd(n);
}

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