C++ || FizzBuzz – Tackling The Fizz Buzz Test In C++

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What is Fizz Buzz?

Simply put, a “Fizz-Buzz test” is a programming interview question designed to help filter out potential job prospects – those who can’t seem to program if their life depended on it.

An example of a typical Fizz-Buzz question is the following:

Write a program which prints the numbers from 1 to 100. But for multiples of three, print the word “Fizz” instead of the number, and for the multiples of five, print the word “Buzz”. For numbers which are multiples of both three and five, print the word “FizzBuzz”.

This seems easy enough, and many should be able to complete a program which carries out a solution in a few minutes. Though, after doing a little research, apparently that is not the case. This page will present one way to carry out a solution to this Fizz-Buzz problem.

There is a small “catch” that some may encounter when trying to solve this problem, and that is the fact that the conditional statement for the number divisible by 15 should come before each sequential conditional statement. Consider this pseudocode:

The portion that may make this problem tricky for some is the fact that the conditional statement for the number divisible by 15 must be checked -before- the conditional statements which checks for numbers divisible by 3 and 5. If the conditional statements are placed in any other order, the end result will not be correct, which is what can make the problem difficult for many.

======= THE FIZZ BUZZ TEST =======

So building upon the pseudocode found from above, utilizing the modulus operator, here is a simple solution to the Fizz Buzz Test

QUICK NOTES:
The highlighted lines are sections of interest to look out for.

The code is heavily commented, so no further insight is necessary. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

Once compiled, you should get this as your output

1
2
FIZZ
4
BUZZ
FIZZ
7
8
FIZZ
BUZZ
11
FIZZ
13
14
FIZZ BUZZ!!
16
17
FIZZ
19
BUZZ
FIZZ
22
23
FIZZ
BUZZ
26
FIZZ
28
29
FIZZ BUZZ!!
31
32
FIZZ
34
BUZZ
FIZZ
37
38
FIZZ
BUZZ
41
FIZZ
43
44
FIZZ BUZZ!!
46
47
FIZZ
49
BUZZ
FIZZ
52
53
FIZZ
BUZZ
56
FIZZ
58
59
FIZZ BUZZ!!
61
62
FIZZ
64
BUZZ
FIZZ
67
68
FIZZ
BUZZ
71
FIZZ
73
74
FIZZ BUZZ!!
76
77
FIZZ
79
BUZZ
FIZZ
82
83
FIZZ
BUZZ
86
FIZZ
88
89
FIZZ BUZZ!!
91
92
FIZZ
94
BUZZ
FIZZ
97
98
FIZZ
BUZZ

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