Example: Find Largest Element in Array (Iterative) in C

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// Find Largest Element in Array (Iterative)
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    // Step 1: Declare and initialize an integer array
    int numbers[] = {12, 45, 7, 89, 23, 67, 34};
    int n = sizeof(numbers) / sizeof(numbers[0]); // Calculate array size

    // Step 2: Initialize 'max' with the first element of the array
    int max = numbers[0];

    // Step 3: Iterate through the rest of the array (starting from the second element)
    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
        // Step 4: If the current element is greater than 'max', update 'max'
        if (numbers[i] > max) {
            max = numbers[i];
        }
    }

    // Step 5: Print the largest element found
    printf("The largest element in the array is: %d\n", max);

    return 0;
}