Collect Five Negatives

2026/Feb/Mar·Variant 2·Q2·[6 marks]

EASYValidation

Read numbers one at a time until five negative numbers have been stored in array NegNumbers. If a number is not negative, output Please enter a negative number and read again. When five negatives are stored, output Check complete followed by the five numbers, one per line.

Input: Numbers until five negatives have been accepted. Output: An error line for each rejected value, then Check complete and the five stored numbers.

Example:

Input:  5
        -1
        3
        -2
        -3
        -4
        -5
Output: Please enter a negative number
        Please enter a negative number
        Check complete
        -1
        -2
        -3
        -4
        -5

Sample Test Cases

Test 1: Two positives rejected

Inputs: 5, -1, 3, -2, -3, -4, -5

Expected: Please enter a negative number Please enter a negative number Check complete -1 -2 -3 -4 -5

Test 2: All five already negative

Inputs: -9, -8, -7, -6, -5

Expected: Check complete -9 -8 -7 -6 -5