Thread: Searching and Scanning Arrays

You can just do a simple linear search to find the largest / smallest value in an array. Just simply walk through it and compare the current value to the largest / smallest one currently set.

I'll give you some pseudo code then you make an attempt and coding it and then I can help you again if needed.

Code:

integer large = -INT_LIMIT // very small number
integer i = 0

for each element in our array data ( for loop.. )
  compare current data element with large
  if data element bigger..
    large = data element  

  increment i

That will give you the largest value in your array.

Hah, is there an echo in here?

Originally posted by apoc632
And How would one go about doing that. I'm pretty much a novice at c programming.

One would do that by reading the first chapter of their C book and going from there. We do not do homework for you here. Do what you can, post your attempt, and read the forum rules.

Quzah.