CS256 - Principles of Structured Design Fall 2021

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/*

Write a function  named "cube" that takes one integer as an 
argument and returns the cube of that number (also an integer).

Recall that the cube of a number is the same number multiplied by itself three times.

*/

#include <stdio.h>

int cube(int n); //function declaration


int main(){

	int num;


	printf("Enter a number: ");
	scanf("%d", &num);


	printf("The cube of %d is %d\n", num, cube(num)); //calling the function cube inside the printf statement

	/*

	we could also have written the above like this

	int ans = cube(num); //calling cube and putting the answer in ans

	printf("The cube of %d is %d\n", num, ans); 

	*/


	return 0;

}

int cube(int n){

	//returns the cube of a number

	return n * n * n; 	

}