Program To Find Largest Number Among Three Numbers
Greatest Number Among Three Numbers :
On this page we are going to write program to find the largest number among three numbers.We will understand the problem with help of algorithm and flowchart.Later on this page we will discuss different methods to solve this problem and write the code for the same.
Algorithm to find the largest number among three numbers:
- Start
- Initialize the three numbers let say a,b,c
- Check if a is greater than b.
- If true, then check if a is greater than c.
- If true, then print ‘a’ as the greatest number.
- If false, then print ‘c’ as the greatest number.
- If false, then check if bis greater than num3.
- If true, then print ‘b’ as the greatest number.
- If false, then print ‘c’ as the greatest number
Flowchart:
There are several methods to find largest number among three given number but we are going to write code for three main methods only.
- Largest among three using if-else.
- Largest among three using ternary operator .
- Largest among three using functions.
Method 1:(using if-else)
Run
#include <stdio.h>
void main ()
{
int a = 7, b = 5, c = 9;
printf ("a = %d\tb = %d\tc = %d\n", a, b, c);
if (a > b)
{
if (a > c)
{
printf ("%d is the largest number.", a);
}
else
{
printf ("%d is the largest number.", c);
}
}
else if (b > c)
printf ("%d is the largest number.", b);
else
printf ("%d is the largest number.", c);
}
Output:
a = 7 b = 5 c = 9 9 is the largest number.
Method 2:(Using Ternary Operator)
Run
#include <stdio.h>
int main (void)
{
int a = 7, b = 5, c = 9;
printf ("a = %d\tb = %d\tc = %d\n", a, b, c);
printf ("Largest of three numbers is %d",
a > b ? (a > c ? a : c) : (b > c ? b : c));
return 0;
}
Output:
a = 7 b = 5 c = 9 Largest of three numbers is 9
Method 3: (Using Function)
Run
#include <stdio.h>
int largest (int a, int b)
{
if (a > b)
return a;
return b;
}
int main (void)
{
int a = 7, b = 5, c = 9;
printf ("a = %d\tb = %d\tc = %d\n", a, b, c);
printf ("%d is the largest of all three numbers.\n",
largest (largest (a, b), c));
return 0;
}
Output:
a = 7 b = 5 c = 9 9 is the largest of all three numbers.
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