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Top Forums Programming Novice in C needs help Post 302488377 by durden_tyler on Monday 17th of January 2011 02:29:20 AM
Old 01-17-2011
You want something like this -

Code:
$
$ cat -n comparison.c
     1  // Compares four integers and prints which is greatest and which is smallest
     2
     3  #include <stdio.h>
     4
     5  int main(void)
     6  {
     7      int a, b, c, d;
     8
     9      // Prompts user to input four integers and stores in variables a, b
    10      // c and d
    11
    12      printf("Enter four integers: ");
    13      scanf("%d %d %d %d", &a, &b, &c, &d);
    14
    15      // to be the largest number among the numbers entered this number must
    16      // be strictly greater than all numbers entered
    17      // analogous for the smallest
    18
    19      // Test for number stored in variable a
    20      if ( a > b && a > c && a > d )
    21          printf("Greatest: %d\n", a);
    22      else if ( a < b && a < c && a < d )
    23          printf("Smallest %d\n", a);
    24
    25      // Test for number stored in variable b
    26      if ( b > a && b > c && b > d )
    27          printf("Greatest: %d\n", b);
    28      else if ( b < a && b < c && b < d )
    29          printf("Smallest %d\n", b);
    30
    31      // Test for number stored in variable c
    32      if ( c > a && c > b && c > d )
    33          printf("Greatest: %d\n", c);
    34      else if ( c < a && c < b && c < d )
    35          printf("Smallest %d\n", c);
    36
    37      // Test for number stored in variable d
    38      if ( d > a && d > b && d > c )
    39          printf("Greatest: %d\n", d);
    40      else if ( d < a && d < b && d < c )
    41          printf("Smallest %d\n", d);
    42
    43      return 0;
    44  }
    45
$
$

That is, you perform the greatest/smallest test for each of the 4 numbers.

Code:
$
$ ./comparison
Enter four integers: 1 2 3 4
Smallest 1
Greatest: 4
$
$
$ ./comparison
Enter four integers: 18 44 7 31
Greatest: 44
Smallest 7
$
$

Alternatively, you may want to implement any of the standard sorting algorithms. (Although I suspect it might be a bit too overwhelming at this stage.)

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ltostr(3C)																ltostr(3C)

NAME
ltostr(), ultostr(), ltoa(), ultoa() - convert long integers to strings SYNOPSIS
Obsolescent Interfaces DESCRIPTION
Convert a signed long integer to the corresponding string representation in the specified base. The argument base must be between 2 and 36, inclusive. Convert an unsigned long integer to the corresponding string representation in the specified base. The argument base must be between 2 and 36, inclusive. Convert a signed long integer to the corresponding base 10 string representation, returning a pointer to the result. Convert an unsigned long integer to the corresponding base 10 string representation, returning a pointer to the result. These functions are smaller and faster than using for simple conversions (see printf(3S)). Obsolescent Interfaces convert long integers to strings. ERRORS
If the value of base is not between 2 and 36, and return NULL and set the external variable to ERANGE. WARNINGS
The return values for and point to data whose content is overwritten by subsequent calls to these functions by the same thread. and are obsolescent interface supported only for compatibility with existing DCE applications. New multi-threaded applications should use and AUTHOR
and were developed by HP. SEE ALSO
strtol(3C), printf(3S), thread_safety(5). ltostr(3C)
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