%Lab 24 solutions
%Patrick D. Schmid

clear;

%get the numbers from the user
numbers = input('Enter two numbers in matrix form (e.g. [7 5.9]): ');
third = input('Enter a single number to compare (e.g. 5.87): ');

%sort the numbers. Note that we are reusing the same variable as we might
%with some assignments in C++
numbers = sort(numbers);

%open the output file
out = fopen('output.txt', 'wt');

%let's do the comparisons
%the logic is similar to C++, but the syntax is different!
if (third < numbers(1))
 
    %print to the screen
    fprintf('Third number (%6.2f) is less than both (%6.2f and %6.2f).\n', third, numbers(1), numbers(2));

    % print to the file...
    fprintf(out, 'Third number (%6.2f) is less than both (%6.2f and %6.2f).\n', third, numbers(1), numbers(2));

%notice that we are not using curly braces
elseif (third == numbers(1))
    fprintf('Third number (%6.2f) is equal to lower number (%6.2f).\n', third, numbers(1));
    fprintf(out, 'Third number (%6.2f) is equal to lower number (%6.2f).\n', third, numbers(1));

elseif (third == numbers(2))
    fprintf('Third number (%6.2f) is equal to greater number (%6.2f).\n', third, numbers(2));
    fprintf(out, 'Third number (%6.2f) is equal to greater number (%6.2f).\n', third, numbers(2));

elseif (third > numbers(2))
    fprintf('Third number (%6.2f) is greater than both (%6.2f and %6.2f).\n', third, numbers(1), numbers(2));
    fprintf(out, 'Third number (%6.2f) is greater than both (%6.2f and %6.2f).\n', third, numbers(1), numbers(2));

else
    fprintf('Third number (%6.2f) is in between the two numbers (%6.2f and %6.2f).\n', third, numbers(1), numbers(2));
    fprintf(out, 'Third number (%6.2f) is in between the two numbers (%6.2f and %6.2f).\n', third, numbers(1), numbers(2));

%end of if-else if-else block
end

%Close your file
%You MUST do this in MatLab!
fclose(out);