Thread: max/min in a list of numbers

I am having trouble finding the min and max in a list. I set up a run function so that it does not repalce the number with the next number in the list. Here is what I have and it will compile but the min and max use the number -999.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int factorial (int number);
int main ()
{
        int count = 0, run = 1;
        double number, sum, average, min, max;
        sum = 0;
        printf ("Please enter the numbers. Enter -999 when done.\n");
        while (number != -999)
        {
         scanf ("%lf", &number);
         if (number != -999)
         {
          sum += number;
          count++;
          }
        }
        if (count != 0)
         {
         average = sum/count;
         if (run == 1) {
max=number;
min=number;

run=0;
}
if (number<min)
min=number;
if (number>max)
max=number;
count += 1;

         printf ("The sum of the given list of number is %f.\n", sum);
         printf ("The average of the given list of numbers is %f.\n", average);
         printf ("The maximum number in the list is %f.\n", max);

Of course it does. You are exiting the while far too early.It's the way you put the { }

Code:

        while (number != -999)
        {
         scanf ("%lf", &number);
         if (number != -999)
            {
              sum += number;
              count++;
            }
        } //here you exit the while ; when you do so number is  -999
           //but sum and count are calculated correctly

also may i sugest using do ...while sintax wich is appropiate here and dumping run and sum:
Use count to initialize min and max and use average to acumulate the numbers then:
average = average/count;