Write a C Program to find largest element of an Array

Write a C Program to find largest element of an Array


 #include <stdio.h>
 int largest_element(int arr[], int num)
 {
    int i, max_element;
 


   
    // Initialization to the first array element
    max_element = arr[0];
    for (i = 1; i < num; i++)         
        if (arr[i] > max_element)
            max_element = arr[i];
 
    return max_element;
 } 
 
 int main()
 {
    int arr[] = {1, 24, 145, 20, 8, -101, 300};
    int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
    printf("Largest element of array is %d", largest_element(arr, n));
    return 0;
 } 
 


          

Output:

 Largest element of array is 300
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