Thread: Greater than, less than

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    Greater than, less than

    Hi everyone:

    I have to list three inout numbers in ascending order and here's my code so far:
    Code:
    */
    Variables 
    
    	num1	The first number input by the user 
    	num2	The second number input by the user
    	num3	The third number input by the user
    
     */
    
    
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    	int main()
    
    {
    	
    	float	num1;
    
    	float	num2;
    
    	float	num3;
    	
    	float	largest;
    
    	float	middle;
    
    	float	smallest;
    
    	printf("Enter first number\n" );	 
    	scanf( "%f" ,  &num1 );			
    
    	printf("Enter second number\n" );
    
    	scanf("%f" , &num2);		
    
    	printf("Enter the third number\n" ); 
    
    	scanf("%f", &num3 );	
    	
    	if (num1 > num2 )
    
    	largest = num1;
    	
    	printf(The largest number is: %.2f\n, num1);
    	
    return 0;
    }
    Not perfect yet but my question is this:

    Instead of writing a HUGE if statements for all three numbers how can I write something like this:

    If num1 > num2 and >num3
    then the largest number is num1

    Any idea how this is done?
    Thank you very much.
    -Extro

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    How about putting all your numbers in array and using a loop to find the largest number in the array? Or you could sort the array, from largest to smallest, with the help of a function such as qsort.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Extropian
    Instead of writing a HUGE if statements for all three numbers how can I write something like this:

    If num1 > num2 and >num3
    then the largest number is num1

    Any idea how this is done?
    Thank you very much.
    -Extro
    Code:
    if( num1 > num2 && num1 > num3 )
        largest = num1;
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    Code:
    if (num1 > num2 && num1 > num3) largest_number = num1;

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