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Find Largest Element in Array

Find maximum value

Find the largest element in an array by comparing each element with the current maximum.

Program Code

array_largest.c

1#include <stdio.h>
2
3int main() {
4    int n;
5    
6    printf("Enter number of elements: ");
7    scanf("%d", &n);
8    
9    int arr[n];
10    printf("Enter %d elements: ", n);
11    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
12        scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
13    }
14    
15    int max = arr[0];  // Assume first is largest
16    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
17        if (arr[i] > max) {
18            max = arr[i];
19        }
20    }
21    
22    printf("Largest element: %d\n", max);
23    return 0;
24}