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Old 04-23-2006, 05:09 PM   #57
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Ok, this should be an easy one. I kinda know the answer, but I need a little help. Here's what I have so far:

Quote:
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Solution 7.18</title>

<script type = "text/javascript">
<!--
var firstnumber,
secondnumber,
thirdnumber,
number1,
number2,
number3,
sum,
average,
product,
smallest,
largest,

firstnumber =
window.prompt( "Enter first number:", "0" );


secondnumber =
window.prompt( "Enter second number:", "0" );


thirdnumber =
window.prompt( "Enter third number:", "0" );

number1 = parseInt( firstnumber );
number2 = parseInt( secondnumber );
number3 = parseInt( thirdnumber );



sum = number1 + number2 + number3;

document.writeln( "Sum: " + sum + " " );

average = sum / 3

document.writeln( "<br>Average: " + average + " " );

product = number1 * number2 * number3

document.writeln( "<br>Product: " + product + " " );



</script>

</head>

</html>
I have to make a program that prompts the user to enter three numbers, then find the sum, product, average and the smallest and largest of the numbers submitted. I got those things to work, now I just need to find the smallest and largest numbers. Now, I know it was something to do with writing:

if ( number1 < number2

or something along those lines, but how do I do it for 3 numbers?
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