Here is the C program to find maximum and minimum element of an array using for loop.
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Algorithm to find maximum and minimum elements of an array
Let inputArray is an integer array having N elements.
Let inputArray is an integer array having N elements.
- Declare two integer variable 'max' and 'min'. Initialize 'max' and 'min' with first element of input array(inputArray[0]).
- Using for loop, we will traverse inputArray from array from index 0 to N-1.
- If current element is more than max, then update max
if(inputArray[i] > max) max = inputArray[]; - Else If, current element is less than min, then update min
if(inputArray[i] < min) min = inputArray[i];
C program to find maximum and minimum element of an array
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
int inputArray[500], elementCount, counter, max, min;
printf("Enter Number of Elements in Array\n");
scanf("%d", &elementCount);
printf("Enter %d numbers \n", elementCount);
for(counter = 0; counter < elementCount; counter++){
scanf("%d", &inputArray[counter]);
}
max = min = inputArray[0];
for(counter = 1; counter < elementCount; counter++){
if(inputArray[counter] > max)
max = inputArray[counter];
else if(inputArray[counter] < min)
min = inputArray[counter];
}
printf("Maximum Element : %d\n", max);
printf("Minimum Element : %d", min);
return 0;
}
Output
Enter Number of Elements in Array 8 Enter 8 numbers 2 4 -1 -6 9 12 0 7 Maximum Element : 12 Minimum Element : -6
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