Re: compare biggest negative number
w00 wrote:
Hello, i have to write a program in java where i have to enter three
different numbers, and it will output the largest number. So for
example:
input: 2, 4 ,6 => output: 7
input: 5, 2 ,1 => output: 5
input: 7, 9 ,3 => output: 9
My program works well, but not with negative values, cause it always
returns a 0.
So if i would enter the following:
input: -2, -4 -,6
Then the output should be -2, but i get a '0' instead. Any idea why
this is happening and what i can do to fix it?
Here's my code:
import javax.swing.*;
public class test
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
String input;
int intNum;
int prevNum=0;
int output=0;
for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
{
input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"Geef een
nummer","input",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
intNum = Integer.parseInt(input);
if(prevNum < intNum)
{
prevNum = intNum;
}
}
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Het grootste getal is:
"+prevNum,"getal",JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
}
}
// FindMax.java
import java.util.*;
public class FindMax {
public static void main(String[] args) {
if (args.length == 0) {
System.out.println("Usage: java FindMax [number] [number]
[number...]");
}
String max = Collections.max(Arrays.asList(args), new
Comparator<String>() {
public int compare(String a, String b) {
return
Integer.valueOf(a).compareTo(Integer.valueOf(b));
}
});
System.out.println("The largest number is: " + max);
}
}
// End of FindMax.java
javac FindMax.java
java FindMax 10 -10 42 -301 4213 4444
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