// reads 10 numbers from user and says whether increasing or decreasing
#include <stdio.h>

int main( ) 
{
  const int LENGTH = 10;
  int isIncreasing = 1, isDecreasing = 1;
  float prev, current;
  int i;

  for(i=0; i<LENGTH; i++) {

      printf("Enter value ");
      scanf("%f", &current);

      if( i>0 && current<=prev)
           isIncreasing = 0;
      if( i>0 && current>=prev)
           isDecreasing = 0;
      prev = current;

  }

  if( isIncreasing ) 
      printf("Is strictly increasing\n");
  else if( isDecreasing ) 
      printf("Is strictly decreasing\n");
  else
      printf("Not strictly monotonic\n");

  return 0;
}