Thread: I could use help with "for" structure

try this

Code:

for (x=1;x<=SIZE;x++)
{
    if(w>y)
    {
     //fill in remaining of code here.
    }
}

you might want to start by reading the first number into a variable called i, which will be used in the for loop... then you create two variables to hold the data type (int/float)... preset one to 32000 or something so that you can be sure the first value will be written into it... then every time it loops, read in the new value and put it in one memory spot, and then compare it with the one you preset to 32000... if it's smaller, copy it into the box preset to 32000 and then do it all over again until the loop is over...

I probably shouldn't have given you that much info, but try to write some code from that and if you still cant get it, just post your code here...

Thanks for the pointer so far, i'll let you all know if I get it to work or not!

1) you have to compare inside the loop
2) you have to make sure it's lower, not equal

--edit--
pointing out some other stuff:

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()

{
	int num = 0;
	int value;
                //what about the value to hold the current lowest int?

	cout << "please enter an integer to determine\n"
		 << "the amount of integers I will compare\n"
		 << "to find and display the smallest one: ";

	cin >> num;

	cout << "you may enter your integers now; "; //what if they enter 4531863486816, meaning 4,531,8,6348,68,16
	for ( int count = 1; count <= num; count++)
		
		{
			cin >> value;
		}

		if ( value == value ) //change and put inside loop

			cout << value << " is the smallest integer" << endl;

		return 0;
}

Newbie here......try this, it may help

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{

int smallest, times, count, num;
count=1;
num=0;
smallest=0;


      cout << "Please enter how many Integers to compare ";
      cin >> times;

    for (; count <= times; ++count)
      {
      cout << count << " Enter your Integer ";
      cin >> num;

          if (num < smallest || count ==1){
             smallest= num;
             }
      }
      cout << "\n\n" << smallest << " is the smallest integer";

      system("PAUSE");
      return 0;
}

So no matter what numbers were entered it would compare them?

Your code already does that. Or are you saying, you dont want to have to set smallest to 999999999999?

Code:

#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::cin; be
using std::endl;

int main()
{
   int count;              
   int value;  
   int smallest;

   cout << "Enter the total number of integers to read: ";
   cin >> count;

 
   cout << "Enter " << count << " integers to compare: ";

   cin >> smallest; //take the first integer and put it straight into smallest
   for (int i = 1; i < count; i++) //note: initial i changed to 1
   {
     
      cin >> value;

  
      if (value < smallest) {
         smallest = value;
      }
   }

   
   cout << "\nThe smallest value found in this list is: "
        << smallest
        << endl;

   return 0;
}

So what was the problem?