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+/**************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: find the smallest and largest numbers from a sequence of numbers.
+ * to do: Change it so it will take any number of numbers from the keyboard.
+ * Author: M. J. Leslie
+ * Date: 04-Apr-94
+ *
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define MAX_NUM 4
+
+float bignum (float, float);
+float littlenum(float, float);
+
+main()
+{
+float numbers[MAX_NUM]= {0};
+float biggest=0, littlest=999;
+int count;
+
+puts("Please enter 4 numbers");
+scanf("%f %f %f %f", &numbers[0], &numbers[1], &numbers[2], &numbers[3]);
+
+for (count = 0; count < MAX_NUM; count++)
+ {
+ biggest = bignum(numbers[count], biggest);
+ littlest = littlenum(numbers[count], littlest);
+ }
+printf("Biggest number is %f\n", biggest);
+printf("Littlest number is %f\n", littlest);
+}
+
+float bignum( float num1, float num2)
+{
+if ( num1 > num2)
+ return num1;
+else
+ return num2;
+}
+
+float littlenum( float num1, float num2)
+{
+if ( num1 < num2)
+ return num1;
+else
+ return num2;
+}