[ILUG] OT: max function

[John P. Looney (Kate)]

On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 07:36:36AM -0700, Michael Turley mentioned:
> Anyone got a C function which calculates the maximum
> value in an array that they'd like send to me?

 Sounds like your homework ;)

int arraymax(int *array, int arraysize) 
{
    int i;
    int max= (*array);  //Max is first element in the array

    for(i=1;i<arraysize;i++) { //From the 2nd element, to the end
        if(*(array+i)<max) {   //If what we are looking at is bigger than max...
            max=*(array+i);
        }
    }
}

 BTW, passing an array to a function gives the function a pointer to the
array to the first element in the array - C doesn't pass the whole struct
to it (like you can in C++).

Kate

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