C program to check whether triangle is equilateral, scalene or isosceles

Write a C program to input sides of a triangle and check whether a triangle is equilateral, scalene or isosceles triangle using if else. How to check whether a triangle is equilateral, scalene or isosceles triangle in C programming. Logic to classify triangles as equilateral, scalene or isosceles triangle if sides are given in C program.

Input first side: 30
Input second side: 30
Input third side: 30

Triangle is equilateral triangle

Required knowledge

Basic C programming, Relational operators, Logical operator, If else

Properties of triangle

• A triangle is said Equilateral Triangle, if all its sides are equal. If a, b, c are three sides of triangle. Then, the triangle is equilateral only if a == b == c.
• A triangle is said Isosceles Triangle, if its two sides are equal. If a, b, c are three sides of triangle. Then, the triangle is isosceles if either a == b or a == c or b == c.
• A triangle is said Scalene Triangle, if none of its sides are equal.

Logic to check equilateral, scalene or isosceles triangle

Step by step descriptive logic to classify triangle as equilateral, scalene or isosceles triangle.

1. Input sides of a triangle from user. Store it in some variables say side1, side2 and side3.
2. Check if(side1 == side2 && side2 == side3), then the triangle is equilateral.
3. If it is not an equilateral triangle then it may be isosceles. Check if(side1 == side2 || side1 == side3 || side2 == side3), then triangle is isosceles.
4. If it is neither equilateral nor isosceles then it scalene triangle.

Program to check equilateral, scalene or isosceles triangle

/**
 * C program to check whether a triangle is Equilateral, Isosceles or Scalene
 */

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int side1, side2, side3;

    /* Input sides of a triangle */
    printf("Enter three sides of triangle: ");
    scanf("%d%d%d", &side1, &side2, &side3);

    if(side1==side2 && side2==side3) 
    {
        /* If all sides are equal */
        printf("Equilateral triangle.");
    }
    else if(side1==side2 || side1==side3 || side2==side3) 
    {
        /* If any two sides are equal */
        printf("Isosceles triangle.");
    }
    else 
    {
        /* If none sides are equal */
        printf("Scalene triangle.");
    }

    return 0;
}

Enter three sides of triangle: 30
30
30
Equilateral triangle.

Happy coding 😉