I am using Alice 2.4
I have to create a program in which I place a character into a world and that character has to say an arrangement of numbers from lowest to highest. I have to use If/Else statements as well as being able to input any number and the character be able to arrange them from highest to lowest and give that as an output.
I would really appreciate some help.

Question

I am using Alice 2.4
I have to create a program in which I place a character into a world and that character has to say an arrangement of numbers from lowest to highest. I have to use If/Else statements as well as being able to input any number and the character be able to arrange them from highest to lowest and give that as an output. 
I would really appreciate some help.

e.mccormick · Answer

Do you know anything about sorting?

anonymous · Answer

No, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with it. This is my first programming course.

anonymous · Answer

@e.mccormick

e.mccormick · Answer

If you store the information in an array, you should have a sort method.

anonymous · Answer

If I may ask, how do you make an array. My instructor hasn't taught us anything about arrays yet.

e.mccormick · Answer

Hmmm...  OK.  If yuou are not going to do it with an array, how were you supposed to save the numbers given?

anonymous · Answer

Well, somehow, I'm supposed to be able to enter any number using an "ask user for a number" function and then have the program rearrange those numbers in order from lowest to highest. I'm rather lost on how to create this kind of program. The only help I received from my instructor was I needed to create 3 strings, 3 number variables, and 6 If/Else statements.

e.mccormick · Answer

So is this program only supposed to work with three numbers, not some arbitrary set of numbers?

anonymous · Answer

It can be any three numbers. It can be negative, decimals, etc. But it has to be three numbers arranged from lowest to highest.

anonymous · Answer

This program can work with more than three numbers. The three numbers is my assignment.

e.mccormick · Answer

Ah, OK, so for three numbers you don't nessisarily need an array.  If it is meant to be able to take in anywhere form 2 to 65,000 numbers, you would need an array.

See, when you limit the numbers to a fixed quantity, like 3, then you can make one variable for each.

anonymous · Answer

Okay, I've set up one variable for each so far.

e.mccormick · Answer

Let's call them a, b, and c.

The if/else statements would be used to find out what is largest of the three.

```
if a > b
    if a > c
        if b > c
            print a, b, c
else if b > c
```
just that lets you know a lot.

With some careful work you can arrange things in a way where any combination will result in giving the answer properly.

e.mccormick · Answer

And that is psudo-code, or fake code, to just show the concept.  I know Alice does it differently.

anonymous · Answer

Ah okay, that makes sense. Yeah, it's really confusing for me.

anonymous · Answer

I'll give that an attempt. Thank you!

e.mccormick · Answer

OK.  At least now you have a little bit of an idea of how the 3 number variables and 6 If/Else statements are used.  Not sure what the 3 strings are for.  Probably to ask what the three numbers are.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, I had no idea what I was supposed to do with them. Thank you so much for teaching me!.

e.mccormick · Answer

Also, if you think about it, there are only 6 orders:

abc
acb
bac
bca
cab
cba

So you could do "and" checks as a worst case:
```
if a > b and b > c
    print a, b, c
if a > b and c > b
    print a, c, b
```

anonymous · Answer

Okay, thank you very much!