In C, when I assign a comparison like result = total > 100, why does the output end up being either 0 or 1?

In C, when you use a comparison like total > 100, it doesn’t return true or false as words — it returns a number:

• 1 if the condition is true

• 0 if it’s false

So if you write:

result = total > 100;

C checks if total is greater than 100. If it is, result becomes 1. If not, result becomes 0.

That’s why the output is either 0 or 1 — it's just how C handles boolean logic under the hood.

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