An algorith that prints the largest of N numbers?

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I'm just starting programming and I need help on our first assignment in our course. The assignment is: "Given N, write an algorithm that prints the largest of N numbers." What does the instructor mean by "the largest of N numbers"? Is "N" a number?

Sorry for such a beginner question.

Thank you very much in advance!

Note: The algorithm should be made in flowchart form.

If you don't understand the question of the assignment, go and ask your instructor. How should we know what he meant? — Ridcully, Nov 23 '13 at 10:05

Lefteris Laskaridis · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-23T10:23:48.413

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Given N numbers, write an algorithm to find the largest. That's easy to implement using an array of size N that holds all numbers and a variable that holds the largest number.

Try do it yourself before your read on...

Initialise the variable to zero and iterate through the elements of the array comparing each element to the variable. If the element is grater than the variable, set the variable to the element. When you finished iterating all elements in the array, the variable should contain the largest number in the set of N numbers.

edited Nov 23 '13 at 10:23

answered Nov 23 '13 at 10:16

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This algorithm doesnt work on negative values, variable should be initialised from first value of array not 0. – Luka Rahne Nov 23 '13 at 10:43

An algorith that prints the largest of N numbers?

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