Greater than, less than

Hi everyone:

I have to list three inout numbers in ascending order and here's my code so far:

Code:

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*/
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;
}

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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

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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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

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Code:

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if( num1 > num2 && num1 > num3 )
    largest = num1;

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Code:

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if (num1 > num2 && num1 > num3) largest_number = num1;

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