C Program to Find Maximum of Three Numbers using Conditional Operator

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  • Write a C program to find maximum of three numbers using conditional operator.
  • How to find largest of three numbers using ternary operator.

Required Knowledge
C printf and scanf functions
Conditional Operator in C

Algorithm to find maximum of three numbers using conditional operator Let A, B and C are three numbers.

  • We will first find the largest of A and B. Let it be X.
  • Then we will compare X with third number C to get the overall largest number.

C program to find maximum of three numbers using conditional operator

C program to find maximum of three numbers using conditional operator

#include <stdio.h>  
   
int main()  {  
    int a, b, c, max;  
    /* 
     * Take three numbers as input from user 
     */ 
    printf("Enter Three Integers\n");  
    scanf("%d %d %d", &a, &b, &c);  
     
    max = (a > b) ? ((a > c) ? a : c) : ((b > c) ? b : c);
   
    /* Print Maximum Number */ 
    printf("Maximum Number is = %d\n", max);  
   
    return 0;  
}

Output

Enter Three Integers
9 1 4
Maximum Number is = 9