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C Language Example - Finding the Largest Element in an Array

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Finding the largest element in an array.

Example 1

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
   int array[10] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0};
   int loop, largest;

   largest = array[0];

   for(loop = 1; loop < 10; loop++) {
      if( largest < array[loop] ) 
         largest = array[loop];
   }

   printf("Largest element is %d", largest);   

   return 0;
}

Output result:

Largest element is 9

User-defined output:

Example 2

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int i, n;
    float arr[100];

    printf("Enter the number of elements (0~100): ");
    scanf("%d", &n);
    printf("\n");

    // Receive user input
    for(i = 0; i < n; ++i)
    {
       printf("Enter number %d: ", i+1);
       scanf("%f", &arr[i]);
    }

    // Loop and store the largest element in arr[0]
    for(i = 1; i < n; ++i)
    {
       // To find the smallest value, change < to >
       if(arr[0] < arr[i])
           arr[0] = arr[i];
    }
    printf("Largest element is = %.2f", arr[0]);

    return 0;
}

Output result:

Enter the number of elements (0~100): 4

Enter number 1: 12
Enter number 2: 23
Enter number 3: 1 
Enter number 4: 3
Largest element is = 23.00

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