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Re: finding the smallest number

Nov 12th, 2006

Your error lies in here, you should make sure the number you are reading IS NOT the sentinel AND smaller than the current smallest number before assigning it to temp2 (use an if then statement). Second of all is why are you performing cin >> number two times in a row?

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while (number != SENTINEL)
{ // open while 3
     counter++;
     cin >> number;  
     {
          cin >> number;
          if (number < temp2)
          temp2 = number;
     }
}
while (number != SENTINEL)
{ // open while 3
     counter++;
     cin >> number;  
     {
          cin >> number;
          if (number < temp2)
          temp2 = number;
     }
}

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