cpuzzle

Student Locker puzzle


/* There are 100 students and 100 lockers. Student 1 opens all, student 2 closes every second one, student 3 changes every third locker(closes if open, opens if close), Student 4 changes every forth locker and so on for all 100 students. Which locker will be left open? */

Here is my code thus far:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
int locker[100], i, closed = 0, opened = 0;

for(i=0; i<100; i++) locker[i] = 1;//0 means closed locker, 1 means open locker
for(i=1; i<101; i++) if(i % 2 == 0) locker[i-1] = 0; // every second locker is closed by second student...(2,4,6,7)
for(i=3; i<101; i++){ // i means student no. i
    if(locker[i-1] == 0) locker[i-1] = 1;
    if(locker[i-1] == 1) locker[i-1] = 0;  

if I substitute "if(locker[i-1] == 1)" with "else" why the program doesn't work? Correct result is opened 1 closed 99. If I use 'else' result becomes opened 50 and closed 50

}
for(i=0; i<100; i++){
    if(locker[i] == 0) closed = closed + 1;
    else opened = opened + 1;
}
printf("opened locker %d\nclosed locker %d", opened, closed);
return 0;

}

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