Question

C++ How to find the smallest number of 5.

A simple program but i am still a beginner. With the code i already have, i have found the largest. I am unaware of what to initialize smallest to because the answer comes out as 0 even when there is no 0.

Code so far:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
   int numbers;
   int largest = 0;
   int smallest;

   cout << "Enter 5 numbers.";
   for (int i = 0; i<5; i++)
   {
       cin >> numbers;
       if (numbers>largest)
       {
           largest = numbers;
       }
   }
   if(numbers<smallest)
   {
       smallest = numbers;
   }

   cout << "The largest number is " << largest << endl;
   cout << "The smallest number is " << smallest << endl;
   cin.get();
   cin.get();
   return 0;
}

Answer 1

-->i will write both together in single code in a simple way..

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
int largestNumber,smallestNumber,i,j;
int numbers[10];
cout<<" enter 5 elements:";
for(j=0;j<5;j++)
cin>>numbers[j];
largestNumber=numbers[0];
smallestNumber=numbers[0];
for (i=0 ; i<5; i++)
{
if (numbers[i] > largestNumber)
{
largestNumber = numbers[i];
}
if (numbers[i] < smallestNumber)
{
smallestNumber= numbers[i];
}
}