ALL TASKS PASS EXCEPT ONE.... What am I missing?

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Write a program that:
1. reads a number N (must be greater than 0) from the console
2. reads N numbers from the console
3. Displays the maximum of the N entered numbers.

Requirements:

The program should read the numbers from the keyboard.
The program must display a number on the screen.
The class must have a public static void main method.
Don't add new methods to the Solution class.
The program should display the maximum of the N entered numbers.
The program should not display anything if N is less than or equal to 0.

package com.codegym.task.task05.task0532; import java.io.*; import static java.lang.Integer.MIN_VALUE; /* Task about algorithms */ public class Solution { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); int maximum = Integer.MIN_VALUE; int num = Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine()); for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) { int nextInt = Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine()); if (nextInt > maximum) { maximum = nextInt; } else { if (num > maximum) maximum = num; } }if(maximum != MIN_VALUE){ System.out.println(maximum); } } }

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Guadalupe Gagnon

Level 37 , Tampa, United States

13 January 2021, 04:06

You do get a number N at line 17 and call it "num", then use it as a counter for the loop. That part is done well. The first problem is that you then use the num to set maximum if you enter the lowest value of an int at line 25. The num is only a counter and should not be used as a number that sets maximum. The next problem is that this code assumes that the user, after entering N, then enters numbers that are greater than the min value of an int. Assuming that the first problem is fixed, If I entered 1 for N, then entered the min value of an int this code would not output anything because maximum would still be equal to MIN_VALUE and the if statement at line 27 would filter that out but it should output what I entered. These problems need to be fixed for your code to pass.