when to use 'else if' statements I feel my code should be close

Thanks Rho366

I fixed what you had explained and I got an output but it is still only printing out int c as all minimums. Any idea why it would be doing this?

Sorry for the late responce. In this case i would try to compare only two values at a time

public static int min(int a, int b, int c) {
        int min = a;

        if (b < min)
         min= (b);

        if (c < min);
         min = (c);

        return (min);
        }

I think the problem in his code was also that for example in his first if statement he compared a <= b AND b <= c, while he should be comparing a to c. Same with the second if statement and the third.

Something like this?

public static int min(int a, int b, int c) {
        int min;

        if (a <= b && a <= c);
         min = (a);

        if (b <= a && b <= c);
         min= (b);

        if (c <= b && c <= a);
         min = (c);

        return (min);
}

exactly, now remove the ; behind the if statements and it should work like its supposed to.

Lol. I forgot to remove it.

public static int min(int a, int b, int c) {
        int min;

        if (a <= b && a <= c)
         min = (a);

        if (b <= a && b <= c)
         min= (b);

        if (c <= b && c <= a)
         min = (c);

        return (min);
}

Corrected.

This is how I entered it and still isn't compiling. You guys have helped me get this far but it still does not meet the last condition? If I do not initialize the "int min" it does not compile either. So I initialize it using 0, which prints all the correct minimum numbers but still does not compile correctly based on conditions. package com.codegym.task.task02.task0216; /* Minimum of three numbers */ public class Solution { public static int min(int a, int b, int c) { //write your code here int min =0; if (a <= b && b <= c) min=(a); if (b <= c && c <= a) min=(b); if (c <= b && c <= a) min=(c); return min; } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { System.out.println(min(1, 2, 3)); System.out.println(min(-1, -2, -3)); System.out.println(min(3, 5, 3)); System.out.println(min(5, 5, 10)); } }

I made the conditions on paper and in teory it works --------------------------------- a = 1 b = 2 c = 3 (a <= b && b <= c) (1 <= 2 && 2 <= 3) (true && true) (true) min = a (b <= c && c <= a) (2 <= 3 && 3 <= 1) (true && false) (false) (c <= b && c <= a) (3 <= 2 && 3 <= 1) (false && false) (false) min = a --------------------------------- a = -1 b = -2 c = -3 (a <= b && b <= c) (-1 <= -2 && -2 <= -3) (false && false) (false) (b <= c && c <= a) (-2 <= -3 && -3 <= -1) (false && true) (false) (c <= b && c <= a) (-3 <= -2 && -3 <= -1) (true && true) (true) min = c min = c --------------------------------- a = 3 b = 5 c = 3 (a <= b && b <= c) (3 <= 5 && 5 <= 3) (true && false) (false) (b <= c && c <= a) (5 <= 3 && 3 <= 3) (false && true) (false) (c <= b && c <= a) (3 <= 5 && 3 <= 3) (true && true) (true) min = c min = c --------------------------------- a = 5 b = 5 c = 10 (a <= b && b <= c) (5 <= 5 && 5 <= 10) (true && true) (true) min = a (b <= c && c <= a) (5 <= 10 && 10 <= 5) (false && false) (false) (c <= b && c <= a) (10 <= 5 && 10 <= 5) (false && false) (false) min = a --------------------------------- In this case I recommend the following 1. Change the condition "<=" to "<" because you want to know if the number is the minimum and not if the number is minimum or equal 2. Compare only two values at a time, there is the possibility that the second condition is the one that is giving problem, like this: (a < b) (a < c) (b < a) (b < c) (c < a) (c < b)

Just want to say thanks for the help! I have just recently started learning this and kind of lost on where to start other than code gym and youtube tutorials... I appreciate the time and effort you put into helping. Below is the final passing result! Thanks RHO366 package com.codegym.task.task02.task0216; /* Minimum of three numbers */ public class Solution { public static int min(int a, int b, int c) { //write your code here int min; if (a <=b && a <= c){ min = a; } else if (b <= a && b <=c){ min = b; } else min = c; return min; } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { System.out.println(min(1, 2, 3)); System.out.println(min(-1, -2, -3)); System.out.println(min(3, 5, 3)); System.out.println(min(5, 5, 10)); } }