Introduction
In this challenge, a junior meteorologist will process daily temperature readings to gain insights into local weather patterns using C programming array manipulation skills. The goal is to declare an integer array to store 6 daily temperature readings, calculate the average temperature, find and store the highest and lowest temperatures, and print out the results with clear, descriptive labels.
Analyze Temperature Array
As a junior meteorologist, you'll process daily temperature readings to gain insights into local weather patterns using C programming array manipulation skills.
Tasks
- Declare an integer array to store 6 daily temperature readings
- Calculate the average temperature
- Find and store the highest temperature
- Find and store the lowest temperature
- Print out the average, highest, and lowest temperatures
Requirements
- Create the solution in the file
~/project/temperature_analysis.c - Use an integer array to store 6 temperature values
- Temperatures should be stored in the order: 72, 68, 75, 80, 65, 78
- Calculate the average temperature using a floating-point calculation
- Print the results with clear, descriptive labels
- Use a single for loop to process the array efficiently
Examples
Complile and run the program to display the average, highest, and lowest temperatures.
gcc temperature_analysis.c -o temperature_analysis
./temperature_analysis
Example output:
Average Temperature: 73.0 degrees
Highest Temperature: 80 degrees
Lowest Temperature: 65 degrees
Hints
- Use a single for loop to calculate total and find max/min.
- Convert integer total to float for average calculation, such as
float average = (float)total / 6. - Initialize max and min with the first array element.
- Use comparison operators to track highest and lowest temperatures.
Summary
In summary, this challenge requires the junior meteorologist to use C programming skills to process an array of daily temperature readings. The tasks include declaring an integer array to store 6 temperature values, calculating the average temperature, finding and storing the highest and lowest temperatures, and printing the results with clear labels.
