Thread: Find the Largest and Smallest Number

I just started C a few days ago in class and I've been working on a problem for well over 2 hours and still cannot figure it out. I am extremely noobish in this subject, so I was hoping someone can help me with this. I ran searches for about 30 minutes but I still did not understand the programs that some wrote because it is far more advance than I am right now.

The problem states:

Write a program that inputs three different integers from the keyboard, then prints the sum, the product, the average, the smallest and the largest of these numbers. Use only the single-selection form of the if statement.


I've gotten the sum, the product, and average to work but the smallest and the largest is making me go crazy. The teacher wants us to use the IF statements. something like this:

if ( num1 <= num2 ) {
printf( "%d is less than or equal to %d\n", num1, num2 );

This is what I got so far:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
int x, y, z;
int sum;
int average;
int product;

printf( "Input 3 different integers: ");
scanf( "%d%d%d", &x, &y, &z );

sum = x + y + z;
average = (x + y + z)/3;
product = x * y * z;

printf( "Sum is %d\n", sum );
printf( "Average is %d\n", average);
printf( "Product is %d\n", product );



system ("pause");
return 0;

}


PLEASE HELP ME!!! This is one crazy labor day weekend.

So what exactly is the problem? I don't seen any code for your attempt at picking the largest of the three...

I don't know how to use IF statements. I keep on deleting them because they don't work.

we have not gone over && so we are not allowed to use them in our program.

Are you allowed to use else if statements?

Code:

if ( x is bigger than y )
{
  if ( x is bigger than z )
  {
    etc.
  }
}

>> we have not gone over && so we are not allowed to use them in our program.
Are you just assuming that?

Some teachers need to quit their jobs and try something else. What are you using for a textbook?

I'm using C how to program. The 4th Edition.

I think you should perhaps stick with this site if that's what your teacher is like.

else is exactly what is says!

Code:

if (something)... do one thing
else ... do something different

else if is the same,

Code:

if something ... do operation one
else if something2 ... do operation two
else if something3 ... do operation three
else ... do this

the something should be in ()'s, the the ... do operations should be proper code.


Just say you read ahead and learnt about else's

if ( x > y ){
printf( "Largest: %d", x);
}

I got that to compare the two numbers. But for three numbers. I have no clue how to do it the way he wants it. The searches I did pulled up the same things u guys gave me which was using && and else.

Use some nested if statements like twomers showed above.

Code:

if(a > c) {
    if(a > b) {
    puts("a is greatest!");
    }
  }

Just go through all of your variables in that way. Its a kludgy way of doing it, but it gets the job done, with no else or &&

Okay, I thank you for your time.

If you give it a try, and still can't get it, come back and post your best attempt. Someone will likely steer you in the right direction.