From 29377166aea5efcf2cbf783adb1be301d8c13725 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ashish Dukare <46935997+ashishdukare@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:53:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix digit summation logic and add comments

Updated the digit extraction logic to correctly sum individual digits and added comments for clarity.
---
 digits_sum.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/digits_sum.c b/digits_sum.c
index 2ac0700..3138c1c 100644
--- a/digits_sum.c
+++ b/digits_sum.c
@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdio.h> 
 
+/*
+ Calculates and prints the sum of the digits of an integer entered by the user.
+ This program prompts the user to enter a number and then uses a while loop
+ to iteratively extract and sum the individual digits of that number.
+ prints the Sum of digits
+ */
+ 
 int main() {
     int num, sum = 0, digit;
-
     printf("Enter a number: ");
     scanf("%d", &num);
 
     while(num != 0) {
-        digit = num % 100;
+        // 1. Extract the last digit: The modulo operator (%) gives the remainder when divided by 10.
+        digit = num % 10;
+        
+        // 2. Add the extracted digit to the running sum
         sum += digit;
-        num /= 100;
+        
+        // 3. Remove the last digit: Integer division (/) by 10 truncates the last digit.
+        num /= 10;
     }
 
     printf("Sum of digits = %d\n", sum);