Find Biggest In An Array, Without Sorting It: C

First we have to assume that a[0] is biggest. Now store the value of a[0] inside a variable called big. Now compare value of big with other values in the array. If big is less than any other value, then store the bigger value inside variable big.

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Note that, the previous value inside the variable big is discarded.

Full source code

#include < stdio.h >
#include < conio.h >

void main()
{
int big, a[20], N, pos, i;
clrscr();

printf("Enter the array size\n");
scanf("%d", &N);

printf("Enter %d elements\n", N);
for(i = 0; i < N; i++) 
           scanf("%d", &a[i]);

         big = a[0];
         pos = 0;

         for(i = 1;  i < N; i++)
          if(a[i] > big)
  {
    big = a[i];
    pos = i+1;
    }

 printf("Big is %d and its position is %d", big, pos);

 getch();
}

Output
Enter the array size
5
Enter 5 elements
2
0
100
108
55
Big is 108 and its position is 4