/*license*\ XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com) This software is dual-licensed under the: - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version; - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0. Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing. The text of both licenses is available in the root directory of this project, under the names "LICENSE_lgpl-3.0.txt" and "LICENSE_asl-2.0.txt". The latest copies may be downloaded at: - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt \*license*/ package com.github.xbn.examples.lang.non_xbn.basic; import java.util.Arrays; /** <p>Find the largest number in an int array, using <code>java.lang.{@link java.lang.Integer}.{@link java.lang.Integer#MIN_VALUE MIN_VALUE}</code> as the initial "biggest" value.</p> <p>{@code java com.github.xbn.examples.lang.non_xbn.basic.FindLargestNumberInArray}</p> * @see FindSmallestNumberInArray * @since 0.1.0 * @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a> **/ public class FindLargestNumberInArray { public static final void main(String[] ignored) { int[] ai = new int[]{3, 2, 874, -2, 14}; System.out.println("Finding lowest value in " + Arrays.toString(ai)); int idxOfBiggestNum = -1; int iBiggestNum = Integer.MIN_VALUE; for(int i = 0; i < ai.length; i++) { if(ai[i] > iBiggestNum) { idxOfBiggestNum = i; iBiggestNum = ai[i]; } System.out.println("Index " + idxOfBiggestNum + "=" + ai[idxOfBiggestNum]); } } }