Getting the loop control form the user

A quick question:

Normally I've seen that the programmer sets the loops control variable for a for statement. How does one get the user to set it?
Thanks,
Extro

Code:

int numtimes, i;
printf("How many times do you want the loop to run: ");
scanf("%d",&numtimes);
for( i = 0; i < numtimes; ++i )
{
    // Do stuff
}

I got it to work but any feedback is appreciated -can I make it better?(constructive criticism welcome).
Regards,
Extro

Code:

	int		num1, num2;		
	int		integers;		/* How many numbers the user wants analyzed */
	int		counter = 0;	/* Allows more than two numbers to be analyzed */
	int		total;
	int		smallest;		
	int		largest;
	float	average;
	int total2;

	printf("Enter number of digits to be analyzed: ");	/* Ask for how many digits are to be analyzed */
	scanf("%d" , &integers);		

	printf("Enter the first number: ");	
	scanf("%d" , &num1);

	for(counter = 1; counter < integers; counter++){	/* Allows the user to have several numbers analyzed */

		printf("Enter the next number: ");
		scanf("%d" , &num2);

		
		if(num1 > 2){			/* Sets the smallest and largest numbers */

			largest = num1;
			smallest = num2;
					}
		if(num2 > num1){

			largest = num2;
			smallest = num1;
			}
	
					
		if(integers < counter){
			
		
		}
			total = num1 + num2;				/* Totals the numbers */
			
			
	}
	total2 = total + num2;
	average = (float)total2/counter;		/* Averages the numbers */
	printf("\n");	/* Prints a blank line */
	printf("The smallest number is %d\n " , smallest);	/* Prints the smallest number */
	printf("The largest number is %d \n" , largest);		/* Prints the largest number */
	printf("The total is %d\n" , total2);					/* Prints the total */
	printf("The average is %f\n " , average);				/*	Prints the aeverage */

	return 0;											/*Ends program */
}

Gnu indent would be a start.

Gnu indent?
lol, ya lost me...

hey ,

Y don't you make use of array to hold the numbers. ? you will be able to
hold the list of number the user has entered.

you can initialise small & large to say 0 and then compare the number you
have read to with small and large and make the change to small and large..

like

Code:

 if( num <small)
       small=num;
    else
       {
          if(num>large)
            large=num;
       }

you can also do it in online. with conditional operator..

Code:

you can initialise small & large to say 0

That's a bad idea. What if the smallest number the user enters is 3. Since small was initialized to 0 then it's going to report false information. A better idea would be to initialize small to INT_MAX and large to INT_MIN.