- #include <iostream>
- using namespace std;
- int max(int a[], int size) {
- int max_item;
- // make sure there are items in the array
- if(size>0) {
- // First item is the max.
- max_item=a[0];
- // Check all the other items if they are higher than the max value.
- for(int i=1;i<size;i++)
- if(a[i]>max_item)
- max_item=a[i];
- }
- return max_item;
- }
- int main () {
- int a[]={5,3,9,2,1};
- int maxFound;
- maxFound=max(a,5);
- cout << maxFound << endl;
- return 0;
- }