Profit or loss

Posted on Apr 18, 2020

C program to calculate profit and loss on a transaction.

Program

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
	float cp, sp;

    printf("Enter the cost price\t:");
    scanf("%f",&cp);
    printf("Enter the selling price\t:");
    scanf("%f",&sp);

    if(cp > sp)
    {
        printf("Loss incurred = %.2f",cp - sp);
    }
    else if(sp > cp)
    {
        printf("Profit incurred = %.2f",sp - cp);
    }
    else
    {
        printf("No Profit and no Loss incurred");
    }

    getch();
}

Output

********** Run1 ********** 

Enter the cost price    :200
Enter the selling price :300
Profit incurred = 100.00


********** Run2 ********** 

Enter the cost price    :534
Enter the selling price :343
Loss incurred = 191.00

Explanation