Question

If I have an array, e.g.

10, 4, 7, 8

The value of the maximum element is

10

How can I find this value?

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Here’s my attempt:

int highNum = 0;
int m;
int list[4] = {10, 4, 7, 8};
    for (m = 0 ; m < size ; m++);
    {
        if (list[m] > highNum)
            highNum = list[m];
            cout << list[m];
    }
cout << highNum;

I am trying to write a simple loop to store a max value from an array, and I wrote this thinking it would work, but for some reason at the beginning of the for loop it stores the m variable as 4 and exits the loop.

Answer 1

You have a semicolon after your for statement:

for (m = 0 ; m < size ; m++);
{

This should be:

for (m = 0 ; m < size ; m++)
{