Question

Can someone help me to find the location of the vector where maximum value contain. I am using visual C++.

std::vector<double> array;

Lets say:

array = {19.4 , 45.0 ,12.9 ,59.3 , 2.8 ,18.0}

The maximum value is 59.3. I want to populate its location.

max_location = 3;

Is there any way to get it…? Please help me.

Answer 1

Since it’s a homework, I won’t post a complete solution, just an idea. Take a look on std::max_element(for example, here) . It returns an iterator, and if it is not equal your array.end() you can get a distance between it and array.begin() which will be the index you are looking for.