C Language Example - Find the largest element value in an array

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Find the largest element value 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("The largest element is %d", largest); return 0; }

The output result is:

最大元素为 9

User-defined output:

Example 2

#include <stdio.h> int main() { int i, n; float arr[100]; printf("Enter 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) { // If you want to find the minimum, replace < with > if(arr[0] < arr[i]) arr[0] = arr[i]; } printf("The largest element is = %.2f", arr[0]); return 0; }

The output result is:

输入元素个数(0~100): 4

输入数字 1: 12
输入数字 2: 23
输入数字 3: 1 
输入数字 4: 3
最大元素为 = 23.00

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