For this I need a program to read in an unknown number of non-negative values from the user until a negative number is entered. Once a negative number is entered the program needs to print out three values: the largest, smallest, and average of the numbers.

This is what I have so far. I am unsure on how to get the program to recognize the largest and smallest.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Modern::Perl;

my ( $total, $howmany, $largest, $smallest, $number, $average ) = ( 0,
+ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 );

print "Please enter a number or -1 to end: ";
chomp ( $number = <> );

while ( $number != -1 ) {
    $total += $number;
    $howmany ++;
    print "Please enter a number or -1 to end: ";
    chomp ( $number = <> );
}

if ( $howmany == 0 ) {
    say "There were no numbers to average.";
}
else {
    say "The average of the numbers was ", $total / $howmany;
    say "The largest number was ", $largest;
    say "The smallest number was ", $smallest;

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something like this is what I am thinking. for (my $x = 9999999; $x >= 1 ; $x-- ) { say $x } Im just not sure how to continue it through all the variables as they get larger

In reply to I am stuck on how to print the largest and smallest numbers from user inputted values. Any help is appreciated. by pcoady

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