C Program to Find Largest Element in Array in C Programming

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Program:

<span class="com">#include</span><span class="str">&lt;stdio.h&gt;</span><span class="pln">

</span><span class="kwd">int</span><span class="pln"> main</span><span class="pun">()</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">{</span><span class="pln">
   </span><span class="kwd">int</span><span class="pln"> a</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="lit">30</span><span class="pun">],</span><span class="pln"> i</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> num</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> largest</span><span class="pun">;</span><span class="pln">

   printf</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="str">"\nEnter no of elements :"</span><span class="pun">);</span><span class="pln">
   scanf</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="str">"%d"</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">&amp;</span><span class="pln">num</span><span class="pun">);</span><span class="pln">

   </span><span class="com">//Read n elements in an array</span><span class="pln">
   </span><span class="kwd">for</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">i </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">0</span><span class="pun">;</span><span class="pln"> i </span><span class="pun">&lt;</span><span class="pln"> num</span><span class="pun">;</span><span class="pln"> i</span><span class="pun">++)</span><span class="pln">
      scanf</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="str">"%d"</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">&amp;</span><span class="pln">a</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="pln">i</span><span class="pun">]);</span><span class="pln">

   </span><span class="com">//Consider first element as largest</span><span class="pln">
   largest </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> a</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="lit">0</span><span class="pun">];</span><span class="pln">

   </span><span class="kwd">for</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">i </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">0</span><span class="pun">;</span><span class="pln"> i </span><span class="pun">&lt;</span><span class="pln"> num</span><span class="pun">;</span><span class="pln"> i</span><span class="pun">++)</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">{</span><span class="pln">
      </span><span class="kwd">if</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pln">a</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="pln">i</span><span class="pun">]</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">&gt;</span><span class="pln"> largest</span><span class="pun">)</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">{</span><span class="pln">
         largest </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> a</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="pln">i</span><span class="pun">];</span><span class="pln">
      </span><span class="pun">}</span><span class="pln">
   </span><span class="pun">}</span><span class="pln">

   </span><span class="com">// Print out the Result</span><span class="pln">
   printf</span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="str">"\nLargest Element : %d"</span><span class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> largest</span><span class="pun">);</span><span class="pln">

   </span><span class="kwd">return</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="lit">0</span><span class="pun">);</span><span class="pln">
</span><span class="pun">}</span>

Output:

Enter no of elements : 5
11 55 33 77 22
Largest Element : 77

Explanation:

none

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