C program to check whether triangle is valid or not if sides are given

Write a C program to enter sides of triangle and check whether the triangle is valid or not using if else. How to check whether a triangle can be formed or not if sides of the triangle is given using if else in C programming. Program to check valid triangle if sides are known in C. Logic to check triangle validity if sides are given in C program.

Input first side: 7
Input second side: 10
Input third side: 5

Triangle is valid

Required knowledge

Basic C programming, If else, Basic Mathematics

Logic to check triangle validity if sides are given

As I stated earlier for this problem prerequisite is basic mathematics. We must know basic properties of triangle to check triangle validity if sides are known. Let us first learn some basic property of triangle.

Property of triangle

After knowing the basic property of triangle. Let us concentrate to the logic section. Below is the step by step descriptive logic -

1. Read all three sides of the triangle. Store them in some variable say a, b and c.
2. Check the triangle validity condition. If a + b > c and a + c > b and b + c > a. Then only the triangle is valid, otherwise not.

Program to check triangle validity using nested if else

/**
 * C program to check whether a triangle is valid or not if its sides are given
 */

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int a, b, c; //a, b, c are three sides of a triangle

    /* Reads all three sides of a triangle */
    printf("Enter three sides of triangle: \n");
    scanf("%d%d%d", &a, &b, &c);
    
    if((a+b) > c )
    {
        if((b+c) > a)
        {
            if((a+c) > b) 
            {
                //If a+b>c and a+c>b and b+c>a then it is valid
                printf("Triangle is valid.");
            }
            else
            {
                printf("Triangle is not valid.");
            }
        }
        else
        {
            printf("Triangle is not valid.");
        }
    }
    else
    {
        printf("Triangle is not valid.");
    }

    return 0;
} 

Program to check valid triangle using nested if

/** 
 * C program to check whether a triangle is valid
 */  
  
#include <stdio.h>  
  
int main()  
{  
    int a, b, c; //a, b, c are three sides of a triangle  

    /*
     * Initially I have assumed that the triangle is not valid
     */
    int valid = 0;
  
    /* Reads all three sides of a triangle */  
    printf("Enter three sides of triangle: \n");  
    scanf("%d%d%d", &a, &b, &c);  
      
    if((a+b)>c )  
    {  
        if((b+c) > a)  
        {  
            if((a+c) > b)
            {  
                // Change the valid status of triangle to valid
                valid = 1;
            }  
        }
    }  
    
    if(valid == 1)
    {
        printf("Triangle is valid.");
    }
    else
    {
        printf("Triangle is not valid.");
    }
  
    return 0;  
}  

Program to check valid triangle using if else

/**
 * C program to check whether a triangle is valid or not using logical AND operator
 */

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int a, b, c; //a, b, c are three sides of a triangle

    /* Reads all three sides of a triangle */
    printf("Enter three sides of triangle: \n");
    scanf("%d%d%d", &a, &b, &c);

    /* If a+b > c and a+c > b and b+c > a then triangle is valid */
    if((a+b > c) && (a+c > b) && (b+c > a))
    {
        printf("Triangle is valid.");
    }
    else
    {
        printf("Triangle is not valid.");
    }

    return 0;
} 

Enter three sides of triangle: 7
4
10
Triangle is valid.

Happy coding ;)