Getting a value between functions

[StillLearnin]

Hi :)

I have a function that gets the lowest score out of a few integers.

//I'm not allowed to use arrays
 double findLowest(double score1, double score2,
	              double score3, double score4,
				  double score5,)
{
     double lowest = score1;

    if(lowest > score2)
    {
        lowest = score2;
    }

    if(lowest > score3)
    {
        lowest = score3;
    }

    if(lowest > score4)
    {
        lowest = score4;
    }

    if(lowest > score5)
    {
        lowest = score5;
    }

}

I also have another function that is supposed to calculate the scores.

void calcScore(double score1, double score2,
	           double score3, double score4,
			   double score5)
{
	// Get the lowest score.
    

	// Get the highest score.


	// Calculate the total of all five scores.


	// Drop the lowest and highest scores and calculate
	// the average of the three remaining scores.



	// Display the average score with the lowest
	// and highest score dropped.



}

My problem is that I don't know how to get the variable from the first function into another function. Any suggestions? Thank you!

[E0p9LyTq]

Use your calcScore() function to call other functions, such as findLowest(). You already have the 5 scores in calcScore(), just pass those values to other functions.

By your comments in calcScore(), you could create 5 functions, one to perform the work outlined in each comment. The parameters of the first three functions could be all 5 scores, the parameters of the last two could be the 3 scores without the lowest and highest score.

Functions 4 and 5 could be combined into one function since displaying an average could be part of calculating the average of the 3 scores.

You could also drop function 3 and just do the summing of the 5 scores in your calcScore() function.