#include #include using namespace std; string userinput; string first = ""; string last = ""; int main() { cout << some stuff; while (cin >> userinput && userinput != "") { if(strcmp(userinput,first) < 0) first = userinput; if(strcmp(userinput,last) > 0) last = userinput; } cout >> here's your strings... bleh return 0; }