How to display largest and smallest numbers entered..?

[Art_88]

Hi, I'm new to java programming and I have a particular program that I'm having trouble with. This is the description of the program.

"Write a program with a loop that lets the user enter a series of integers. The user should enter -99 to signal the end of the series. After all the numbers have been entered, the program should display the largest and smallest numbers entered."

So far I have this:


import java.util.Scanner;

public class Series
{
public static void main(String [] args)

{
Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.print("Enter a series of integer or -99 to end the series: ");
int integer = keyboard.nextInt();

while(integer != -99)
{
System.out.print("Enter a series of integer or -99 to end the series: ");
integer = keyboard.nextInt();
}


}
}

Ok, now I'm stuck because I can't seem to figure out how to display the largest and smallest numbers entered. Any help would be much appreciated. THank you.

[KevinWorkman]

I don't see any code that does anything with the largest or smallest number.

How would you do this by hand, or in your head, without a computer? If somebody was going to tell you a bunch of numbers, how would you tell them the smallest and largest numbers when they were done?

[Tolls]

You'll need a couple of int variables.
One to hold the largest and one to hold the smallest.

[Art_88]

thanks for the quick reply. I will try to modify this program and I hope I can figure it out thanks

[Taikei_no_Yuurei]

You'll probably want to do a for loop that steps through every number in your integer variable (Which you might want to change the name of, that can get confusing). Then just compare it to the largest and smallest number to see if it is the new largest or smallest, and if it is, store it as such. Remember that your first number is always going to be both the largest and smallest.

Two common things to forget here would be to not actually use the -99, and to account for someone making -99 the only number.

[KevinWorkman]

Gotta love spoonfeeders...

[Tolls]

No need to loop through anything other than the while loop already in the OP (unless I've misread the problem).

[Taikei_no_Yuurei]

Gotta love snide comments.

Yeah, you could also compare the numbers as they come in if you preferred, and then simply display the answer when the -99 is entered. That's a bit more efficient.

[Art_88]

Well I figured it out myself and somehow my code works. Here it is.


import java.util.Scanner;

public class Challenge8
{
public static void main(String [] args)

{
int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE, max = Integer.MIN_VALUE, integer = 0;


Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);



while(integer != -99)
{

System.out.print("Enter a series of integer or -99 to end the series: ");
integer = keyboard.nextInt();


if(integer < min && integer != -99)
min = integer;

if(integer > max)
max = integer;
}

System.out.println(min);
System.out.println(max);
}
}



If u guys can find any errors here pls tell me. Thank you all!

[JosAH]

Type in the numbers -101, -100 and -99 and see what your program is doing ...

kind regards,

Jos

[Art_88]

when i typed -101, -100 and -99 the largest number is -99 but it's not suppose to read that number. So i fixed it by modifying my code.

if(integer > max && integer != -99)
max = integer;

Is that what you're looking for JosAH?

[JosAH]

when i typed -101, -100 and -99 the largest number is -99 but it's not suppose to read that number. So i fixed it by modifying my code.

if(integer > max && integer != -99)
max = integer;

Is that what you're looking for JosAH?

I don't know; it's your code; does it work now?

kind regards,

Jos

[KevinWorkman]

Gotta love snide comments.

Yeah sorry, spoonfeeders who offer sub-optimal solutions that don't help anybody and actually mislead novice programmers are a pet peeve of mine.