C Exercises: Find Ascending or Descending order from a pair of numbers

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Check if two integers are in ascending or descending order

Write a C program that accepts a pair of numbers from the user and prints "Ascending order" if the two numbers are in ascending order, otherwise prints, "Descending order".

Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main () {
    int a, b;

    // Prompt user for input
    printf("Input two pairs values (integer values):\n");

    // Read two integer values from user and store them in 'a' and 'b'
    scanf("%d %d", &a, &b);

    // Check if 'a' is not equal to 'b'
    if  (a != b) {

        // Check if 'b' is greater than 'a'
        if (b > a) {
            printf("Ascending order\n"); // Print message for ascending order
        }
        else {
            printf("Descending order\n"); // Print message for descending order
        }
    }

    return 0; // End of program
}

Sample Output:

Input two pairs values (integer values):
12
35
Ascending order

Sample Output:

Input two pairs values (integer values):
65
25
Descending order

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For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

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• Write a C program to accept two integers and use a function to return the order status as a string.
• Write a C program to determine order by subtracting the two numbers and checking the sign of the result.

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