program to find largest number from given numbers

[abhi143]

I wrote c program to find smallest number from given numbers

#include<stdio.h> 
int main (void)
{
    int numbers[8] = { 9, 4, 2, 6 , 8, 3, 1} ;
     
    int i = 0;
     
    int smallest ;
     
    smallest = numbers[0];
     
    for (i = 0; i < 8; i++  )
    {
         
         
        if (smallest > numbers[i])
        {
             
             smallest = numbers[i];   
        }           
         
    }
     
    printf ("smallest number = %d", smallest);
 
 
      
    return 0;   
}

smallest number = 0

Why program doesn't show smallest number ?

[laserlight]

That's because the smallest number is indeed 0. Notice that you declared the array as having 8 int values, then initialised it with 7 int literals. Therefore, the remaining element in the array is 0, and since you looped over the entire array, you found that 0 is the smallest number.

[abhi143]

That's because the smallest number is indeed 0. Notice that you declared the array as having 8 int values, then initialised it with 7 int literals. Therefore, the remaining element in the array is 0, and since you looped over the entire array, you found that 0 is the smallest number.

Thanks laserlight, I have another error in following code

code to find reverse number

#include<stdio.h> 
int main (void)
{
    int numbers[7] = { 9, 4, 2, 6 , 8, 3, 1} ;
     
    int i = 0;
     
     
    for (i = 7; i > 0; i--  )
    {
         printf ("%d", numbers[i]);
 
    }
      
    return 0;   
}

output is 7138624  that is not the reverse number

[laserlight]

What do you think is the problem and what have you tried for debugging, e.g., have you stepped through the loop with a debugger?