Arrays

[Bolong Yu]

How would I find and display the largest and the smallest values stored in an array?

[tcs]

1. Your array should contain only elements of the same (or some derived) type.
2. There should be a totally order defined on those type of elements.
3. If your array is of one only dimension searching it for the largest and smallest element in a simple loop shouldn't be as difficult. Or did I misunderstand your question?

[Bolong Yu]

What function finds or returns the largest and smallest value in an array?

[tcs]

Have a look at http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/algorithm/. You may find your answer there.

[Chervil]

Before the loop begins, set both the max and min to the value of the first array element. Use a loop and the < or > operator as appropriate, to test each value, and replace the current max or min as required.

[Bolong Yu]

This is what I have so far.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int a[10];
int main()

{
	while ( a != 10);
	{
	cout << "Please enter a value for the variable a" << endl;
	cin >> a;
	}
	

[tcs]

This won't compile. Please compile first. Then try fixing your errors/warnings. Then lets have a look at the resulting code.