Task

Test whether an integer is even or odd.

There is more than one way to solve this task:

 Use the even and odd predicates, if the language provides them.
 Check the least significant digit. With binary integers, i bitwise-and 1 equals 0 iff i is even, or equals 1 iff i is odd.
 Divide i by 2. The remainder equals 0 iff i is even. The remainder equals +1 or -1 iff i is odd.
 Use modular congruences:
 i ≡ 0 (mod 2) iff i is even.
 i ≡ 1 (mod 2) iff i is odd.


> int i = 73;
> (i&1);
Result: 1
> i%2;
Result: 1