C Program to Find Largest of Three Numbers

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Here we will write a C program to find the largest of three numbers. To solve this problem if-else statement will be used.

Prerequisites for finding the largest number among three numbers:-

C program to find the largest of three numbers using nested if-else statements

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
   float num1, num2, num3;

   printf("Enter three numbers: ");
   scanf("%f %f %f",&num1,&num2,&num3);

   if(num1 >= num2)
   {
     if(num1 >= num3)
       printf("Largest Number=%.2f\n",num1);

     else
       printf("Largest Number=%.2f\n",num3);
   }

   else
   {
     if(num2>=num3)
       printf("Largest Number=%.2f\n",num2);

     else
       printf("Largest Number=%.2f\n",num3);
   }

   return 0;
}

Output:-

Enter three numbers: 12.5 10 5.9
Largest Number=12.50

Let num1, num2, and num3 are three variables that will store the value of three numbers. First, we compare num1 with num2, if num1 is greater than we will compare it with num3. Using this comparison we find num1 is the largest number or the num3. In the previous comparison, if num1 is less than num2 then the next comparison takes place with num2 and num3. Finally, we got the Largest Number among the three numbers.

Using AND (&&) operator

The above program also can be written as below program. The structure of nested if-else statements in the below program is different from the previous program. This method is a short form of the above method. Here we will use AND (&&) operator.

#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
   int num1, num2, num3;

   printf("Enter three numbers: ");
   scanf("%d %d %d",&num1,&num2,&num3);

   if(num1>=num2 && num1>=num3)
     printf("Largest=%d\n",num1);
   else if(num2>=num1 && num2>=num3)
     printf("Largest=%d\n",num2);
   else
     printf("Largest=%d\n",num3);

   return 0;
}

In this program, AND operator is used. When two numbers are greater than equal to the third number then we can say, that number is the biggest among them.

C program to find the largest of three numbers using if statements

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
   int num1, num2, num3, max;

   printf("Enter three numbers: ");
   scanf("%d %d %d",&num1,&num2,&num3);

   max = num1;
   if(num2>max) max = num2;
   if(num3>max) max = num3;

   printf("Largest number = %d", max);

   return 0;
 }

Output:-

Enter three numbers: 10 20 50
Largest number = 50

In this program, we assigned the first entered number to a variable max. Now, we will compare the value of max with the remaining two numbers. If the second number is bigger than the value of max, then the value of the second number will be assigned to the variable max. Similarly, the same logic applied to the third number. Finally, we got the largest number among them.

Largest among three numbers using the conditional operator

 #include<stdio.h>
 int main()
 {
   float a, b, c, max;

   printf("Enter three numbers: ");
   scanf("%f %f %f",&a, &b, &c);

   max = (a>b && a>c)? a: (b>a && b>c)? b:c;

   printf("Maximum number = %.2f",max);

   return 0;
 }

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Flow Control
If-else Statement in C
Programs on if-else
Switch Case in C
Switch case Programs
Conditional Operator
While loop in C
Do-while loop in C
While vs do-while
For loop in C
Break keyword in C
Continue keyword in C
Break vs Exit in C
Goto keyword in C
☕️ Flow Control Programs
Largest among 3 Numbers
Find Grade of student
Find the absolute value
Check Vowel or Consonant
Leap Year Program
Simple calculator in C
Check Odd or Even 
Roots of Quadratic Equation
Find Reverse of Number
Factors of a number in C
Generate Multiplication table
Find Power of a Number
Find GCD and LCM
Find factorial of Number
Count Number of Digits
Sum of digits in Number
Sum of N Natural Numbers
Sum of Squares of Natural No.
Find Sum of Odd Numbers
Find the Sum of Series
Find Fibonacci series in C
Sum of the Fibonacci series
Sum until enters +ve numbers
Sum of max 10 no. & Skip -ve
☕️ C Conversion Programs
Celsius to Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit to Celsius
Decimal ↔ Binary
Decimal ↔ Octal
Octal ↔ Binary in C
☕️ Number Programs in C
Prime Number in C
Strong Number in C
Krishnamurthy Number
Neon Number in C
Palindrome number
Perfect Number in C
Armstrong Number
☕️ Pattern Programs in C
Pattern programs in C
Printing pattern using loops
Floyd’s triangle Program
Pascal Triangle Program
Pyramid Star Pattern in C
Diamond Pattern Programs
Half Diamond pattern in C
Print Diamond Pattern
Hollow Diamond Pattern
Diamond Pattern of Numbers

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