Easy Way to Find Max Value in Java

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How to calculate Maximum and minimum in Java? Beginner Tutorial

Today's programming exercise for a beginner is to write a Java program to take input from the user and find out the maximum and minimum numbers and print them into the console. The purpose of this article is to teach you how to get input from a user in Java and how to use java.lang.Math class to perform some mathematical operation e.g. max, min or average. You can use the Scanner class, added in Java 1.5 to read user input from the console. The scanner needs an InputStream to read data and because you are reading from the console, you can pass System.in, which is InputStream for Eclipse console or command prompt, depending upon what you are using.

This class also helps you to convert user input into requiring data type e.g. if a user enters numbers then you must convert them into int data type and store them into int variables as shown in our example. You can use nextInt() method to read user input as Integer.

Similarly, you can use nextLine() to read user input as String. There are other methods available to read a float, double, orboolean from the command prompt. Once you got both the numbers, it just matters of using a relational operator less than and greater than to find smaller and larger numbers, as shown in the following example.

After that you can Math.max() to find the maximum of two numbers, it should be the same as your earlier result. Similarly, we will ask the User to enter the number again and will display a minimum of two.

How to find Maximum and Minimum Example in Java

Our example program has two parts. In the first part, we take input from a user, uses the if block and relational operator to find the maximum value, and further used theMath.max() method for the same purpose.

In the second part of the program, we have asked the user to enter two more numbers and then we use less than the operator and if block to find smaller of two.

After that, we have used Math.min() function to calculate the minimum number again. If your program is correct then both output should be same.

Finding maximum and minimum in Java with example


Java Program to calculate Maximum and Minimum of Numbers

Here is our sample Java program to calculate and print the maximum and minimum of two numbers entered by the user in the command prompt. You can run this program from Eclipse IDE by just copy pasting after creating a Java project and selecting it.

Eclipse will automatically create a source file with the same name as the public class and put it right package. Alternatively, you can also run this program from the command prompt by following the steps given here.

                import                java.util.Scanner;                import                java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;                import                java.util.concurrent.locks.Condition;                import                java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;                import                java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;                /**  *  * Java program to calculate Maximum and minimum of two numbers  *  entered by user in console.  *  *                  @author                  Javin Paul  */                public                class                MaxMinExerciseInJava                {                public                static                void                main(String                args[])                throws                InterruptedException                {                Scanner                scnr                =                new                Scanner(System                .in);                // Calculating Maximum two numbers in Java                System                .out.println("Please enter two numbers to find maximum of two");                int                a                =                scnr.nextInt();                int                b                =                scnr.nextInt();                if                (a                >                b) {                System                .out.printf("Between %d and %d, maximum is %d %n", a, b, a);         }                else                {                System                .out.printf("Between %d and %d, maximum number is %d %n",                  a, b, b);         }                int                max                =                Math                .max(a, b);                System                .out.printf("Maximum value of %d and %d using Math.max() is                    %d %n", a, b, max);                // Calculating Minimum between two numbers in Java                System                .out.println("Please enter two numbers to find minimum of two");                int                x                =                scnr.nextInt();                int                y                =                scnr.nextInt();                if                (x                <                y) {                System                .out.printf("Between %d and %d, Minimum Number is %d %n",                         x, y, x);         }                else                {                System                .out.printf("Between %d and %d, Minimum is %d %n",                         x, y, y);         }                int                min                =                Math                .min(x, y);                System                .out.printf("Maximum value of %d and %d using Math.min() is                     %d %n", x, y, min);     }  }                Output                Please                enter two numbers to find maximum of two                10                11                Between                10                and                11, maximum number is                11                Maximum                value of                10                and                11                using                Math                .max() is                11                Please                enter two numbers to find minimum of two                45                32                Between                45                and                32,                Minimum                is                32                Maximum                value of                45                and                32                using                Math                .min() is                32              

That's all about how to calculate maximum and minimum of two numbers in Java. In this tutorial, you have learned how to get input from the user, how to use a relational operator to compare two numbers, and how to use java.lang.Math class to perform common mathematical operations e.g. finding maximum and minimum of two numbers.

P. S. - If you have started learning Java in school or any training center, I suggest you keep a copy of Head First Java or Core Java Volume 1 by Cay S. Horstmann for your own reference, those are two great Java books for beginners.

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