#  Largeint.py  Copyright (c) Kari Laitinen

#  http://www.naturalprogramming.com

#  2006-02-24  File created.
#  2022-12-16  Converted to Python 3.

#  The backslash can be used to continue a statement on the following
#  line. The backslash does not need to be used, for example,
#  after an open bracket or when a comma separated list continues
#  on the following line.

#  This program demonstrates if constructs. You do not need braces
#  to write them in Python. Instead, you must use indentation to
#  indicate which are the statements that need to be executed
#  when the boolean expression is true. Similarly, you indent
#  those statements which form the else block of an if-else
#  construct. Note that there must be a colon (:) after the
#  boolean expression and after the keyword else.

#  Indentation is used both in if constructs and loops. In these
#  example programs I use 3 space characters as the indentation
#  step. Do not use tabulator characters when you indent Python
#  programs.

#  Note that the variable found_largest_integer is visible 
#  throughout the following program although the variable is
#  created and initialized inside the indented program blocks.

print( "\n This program can find the largest of three" \
      "\n integers you enter from the keyboard. \n" )

print( " Please, enter the first integer:  ", end="" )
first_integer  =  int( input() )
print( " Please, enter the second integer: ", end="" )
second_integer  =  int( input() )
print( " Please, enter the third integer:  ", end="" )
third_integer  =  int( input() )

if  first_integer  >  second_integer :

   found_largest_integer  =  first_integer

else :

   found_largest_integer  =  second_integer

if  third_integer  >  found_largest_integer :

   found_largest_integer  =  third_integer

print( "\n The largest integer is %d."  %  found_largest_integer )