I wrote this code to order any set of numbers from biggest to smallest, but for whatever reason, the output always has a zero at the end. My question is, where did it come from? (new to coding)
Console.WriteLine("Please enter set of numbers");
int input = Convert.ToInt16(Console.ReadLine());
int counter= 1;
int temp1;
int temp2;
int[] array = new int[input+1];
for (int i = 0; i <=input-1; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine("Please enter entry number " + counter);
int number = Convert.ToInt16(Console.ReadLine());
array[i] = number;
counter++;
}
for (int x = 0; x <= input; x++)
{
for (int i = 1; i <=input; i++)
{
if (array[i - 1] <= array[i])
{
temp1 = array[i - 1];
temp2 = array[i];
array[i - 1] = temp2;
array[i] = temp1;
}
}
}
Console.WriteLine();
for (int i = 0; i<=input; i++)
{
Console.Write(array[i] + " ");
}
Console.ReadLine();
You're inconsistent between whether you're trying to handle input + 1
or input
elements. For example:
int[] array = new int[input+1];
for (int i = 0; i <=input-1; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine("Please enter entry number " + counter);
int number = Convert.ToInt16(Console.ReadLine());
array[i] = number;
counter++;
}
You're creating an array with input + 1
elements, but only populating input
of them.
In general, it's much more common to use exclusive upper boundaries for loops. For example:
int[] array = new int[input];
for (int i = 0; i < input; i++)
{
// No need for the counter variable at all
Console.WriteLine("Please enter entry number " + (i + 1));
int number = Convert.ToInt16(Console.ReadLine());
array[i] = number;
}
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