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Old 10-14-2008, 10:36 PM
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printing two smallest numbers from a series of numbers
Instructions: Write and debug a program by implementing a class called twoSmallest, which prompts the user to enter a series of numbers. Each number can have a fractional part. The user indicates the end of the list by typing a “z” as the next number. The program then prints out the two smallest numbers among the list that the user typed. The result for this problem should be a Java file called twoSmallest.java.

I am having no problem exiting the loop and printing the smallest number, I just cant figure out how to print the second smallest number.
Any suggestions?


import java.util.Scanner; // Needed for the Scanner class
public class TwoSmallest
{

public static void main(String[] args)
{

double smallest = Double.MAX_VALUE;
double secondsmallest ;

// Create a Scanner object for keyboard input.

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

// Display general instructions.

System.out.println("Enter a series of numbers.");

System.out.println("Press Z to exit the program.\n");

boolean exit = false;

while (!exit)

{

System.out.print("Enter a value ");

String input = sc.next();

if (input.equalsIgnoreCase("Z"))

exit = true;

else

{

double x = Double.parseDouble(input);

smallest = Math.min(smallest ,x);
}

}

System.out.println("Smallest number: " + smallest);

}

}
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