i see what you mean, but if the user would enter 12345 as an integer, how can i make sure that i've got all the number seperated?

would it be something like:
Code:
scanf("%d",&myint);
answer[0]=myint/10000;
answer[1]=(myint/11000)*2;
answer[2]=(myint/11100)*3;
etc...
don't mind the alghoritm, cause it will not work if user inputs something else then 12345,
but is it possible to solve it like this?