C Program to Find Largest and Smallest Element in Array

Here is the C program to find the largest and smallest element in a one dimensional (1-D) array.

#include<stdio.h>

int main()

{

int a[50],i,n,large,small;

printf("How many elements:");

scanf("%d",&n);

printf("Enter the Array:");

for(i=0;i<n;++i)

scanf("%d",&a[i]);

large=small=a[0];

for(i=1;i<n;++i)

{

if(a[i]>large)

large=a[i];

if(a[i]<small)

small=a[i];

}

printf("The largest element is %d",large);

printf("\nThe smallest element is %d",small);

return 0;

}

Output

How many elements:5
Enter the Array:1 8 12 4 6
The largest element is 12
The smallest element is 1

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