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bits2bytes – Bits to bytes

Write a program that converts a quantity in bits to a quantity in bytes.

Input and Output

The input contains several lines each with one integer n where 0 ≤ n < 65 536.

Each line of output should contain a corresponding integer m indicating how many bytes are needed to store n bits.

64
16
2880
8190

8
2
360
1024

Scoring

• 1/6: works for the above example but produces output in an incorrect format
• 2/6: works for the above example and produces output in the correct format
• 4/6: works for other test cases
• 6/6: works for edge cases

Hints

How many bytes are needed to store 1 bit? How many bytes are needed to store 9 bits?

Related exercises

try first: bin2dec dec2bin

try also: bytes2bits

try next: kilobytes

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