{"id":7473,"date":"2024-03-14T05:34:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T05:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-determine-the-order-of-three-numbers-in-the-c-programming-language\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T16:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T16:41:44","slug":"how-to-determine-the-order-of-three-numbers-in-the-c-programming-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-determine-the-order-of-three-numbers-in-the-c-programming-language\/","title":{"rendered":"C Program Order Three Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One way to determine the ordering of three numbers is by comparing their relative sizes. Below is an example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-meta\">#<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">include<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">&lt;stdio.h&gt;<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">()<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-type\">int<\/span> num1, num2, num3;\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Enter three numbers: \"<\/span>);\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">scanf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d %d %d\"<\/span>, &amp;num1, &amp;num2, &amp;num3);\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (num1 &gt;= num2 &amp;&amp; num1 &gt;= num3) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d is the largest number\\n\"<\/span>, num1);\r\n    } <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">else<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">if<\/span> (num2 &gt;= num1 &amp;&amp; num2 &gt;= num3) {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d is the largest number\\n\"<\/span>, num2);\r\n    } <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">else<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">printf<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%d is the largest number\\n\"<\/span>, num3);\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>;\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, three numbers are first obtained from the user, and then their sizes are compared to determine which one is the largest. 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