Finding maximum and the number to times entered without using arrays

I am trying to find the maximum number using a loop and count the number to times the max was entered. I am having trouble with finding and checking for the maximum and counting the number of times it has been entered. Can someone please give me some advice.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>


int main()
{
    int max;
    int i;
    int current;
    int numbers;
    int count = 0;
    
    printf("\nHow many numbers?: ");
    scanf("%d", &numbers);
    
    for (i = 0; i < numbers; i++)
    {
          scanf("%d", current);
          if (max > current)
          {
             max = current;
             count++;
          }
    }
     
    printf("Max: %d     Number of times: %d\n", max, count);  
    system("PAUSE");	
    return 0;
}

Your counting seems to be wrong. Every time you discover a new current maximum, you should reset the count, not increment it. But every time the current number is equal to the current maximum, you should increment the count.

I did what you said but I still cant seem to get the program to work. Can you please tell me what is wrong with my program.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>


int main()
{
    int max;
    int current_max;
    int current;
    int i;
    int numbers;
    int count = 0;
    
    printf("\nHow many numbers?: ");
    scanf("%d", &numbers);
    
    for (i = 0; i < numbers; i++)
    {
          scanf("%d", &current);
          if (current_max > current)
          {
             max = current_max;
             count = 1;
             if (current == current_max)
                count++;
          }
    }
     
    printf("Max: %d     Number of times: %d\n", max, count);  
    system("PAUSE");	
    return 0;
}

By current maximum I meant the max variable in your first code.

Note that current_max > current and current == current_max is a contradiction, so you should be moving the comparison of equality to its own branch.

I still cant get the program to work. Can you please show me what you mean.

I mean something like this:

Code:

for (i = 0; i < numbers; i++)
{
    scanf("%d", &current);
    if (max > current)
    {
        max = current
        count = 1;
    }
    else if (max == current)
    {
        count++;
    }
}

You should check if current > current_max, not current_max > current rfight?

Code:

		  if (current > current_max)
		  {
			  current_max = current;
			  count = 1;
		  }
		  else if (current == current_max)
			  count++;

thank you for your advice the program is starting to make sense now but i still cannot get it to work. Could you please take a closer look at it.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>


int main()
{
    int max;
    int current;
    int i;
    int numbers;
    int count = 0;
    
    printf("\nHow many numbers?: ");
    scanf("%d", &numbers);
    
    for (i = 0; i < numbers; i++)
    {
          scanf("%d", &current);
          if (max > current)
          {
             max = current;
             count = 1;
          }
          else if (max == current)
          {
               count++;
          }     
    }
     
    printf("Max: %d     Number of times: %d\n", max, count);  
    system("PAUSE");	
    return 0;
}

Oh, and one more thing: I notice that max was never initialised. You should either initialise it to the first input entered by the user, or to the maximum value for int (i.e., #include <limits.h> and use INT_MAX).

never mind i got it to work. thank you for everything i appreciate everything

No problem, but if you ever do decide to change and use INT_MAX, note that I mixed it up: it should be INT_MIN instead.