Finding mode in array of numbers

Hello,

I'm having a problem finding the mode of numbers in an array. Here's what I have so far - the problem is in the findMode function? findMode returns a number, but it's not the mode. No idea what it is. My brains are fried, I've spent way too much time on this program already. It's relatively simple, but I just can't figure it out.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void userArray();
void showArray(float [], int);
float findMode(float [], int);

int main()
{

        // Function for array of integers
        float *values;
        int size;

        cout << "Enter size of array: ";
        cin >> size;
        cout << endl;

        // dynamically generated
        values = new float[size];

        cout << "Enter " << size << " elements, one after the other." << endl;

        for (int count = 0; count < size; count++)
        {
                cout << "Element " << (count + 1) << ": ";
                cin >> values[count];
        }


        // Mode, show
        cout << endl;

        if (findMode(values, size) == -1)
        {
                cout << "No mode." << endl;
        }

        else
        {
                cout << findMode(values, size) << endl;
        }

        return 0;
}

float findMode(float *array, int elems)
{
          int lastnum = array[0];
          int curlen = 1;
          int mode = array[0];
          int modelen = 1;
          for(int i = 1; i < elems; i++)
          {
                  if (array[i] == lastnum)
                          curlen++;
                  else
                  {
                          if (curlen > modelen)
                          {
                                  modelen = curlen;
                                  mode = lastnum;
                          }
                          lastnum = array[i];
                          curlen = 1;
                  }
          }

        return mode;
}

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probably because array is array of floats, but lastnum and mode are ints. change them to floats.

From statistics, mode is the most frequently occuring value. So the program should keep track of the number of times each value in array occurs, and you will need another array to do that. std::map<float,int> is good for that.