C++ examples for STL Algorithm:max_element
Get the maximum element in a sequence with algorithm max_element
#include <iostream> #include <algorithm> // algorithm definitions #include <numeric> // accumulate is defined here #include <vector> #include <iterator> using namespace std; int main() //from w w w. j a va 2 s .c o m { const int SIZE = 10; int a1[ SIZE ] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 }; vector< int > v( a1, a1 + SIZE ); // copy of a1 ostream_iterator< int > output( cout, " " ); // locate maximum element in v2 cout << "\nMaximum element in Vector v2 is: " << *( max_element( v.begin(), v.end() ) ); }