max_element
Syntax:
#include <algorithm> iterator max_element( iterator start, iterator end ); iterator max_element( iterator start, iterator end, BinPred p );
The max_element() function returns an iterator to the largest element in the range [start,end).
If the binary predicate p is given, then it will be used instead of the < operator to determine the largest element.
Example code:
For example, the following code uses the max_element() function to determine the largest integer in an array and the largest character in a vector of characters:
int array[] = { 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9 };
unsigned int array_size = 6;
cout << "Max element in array is " << *max_element( array, array+array_size) << endl;
vector<char> v;
v.push_back('a'); v.push_back('b'); v.push_back('c'); v.push_back('d');
cout << "Max element in the vector v is " << *max_element( v.begin(), v.end() ) << endl;
When run, the above code displays this output:
Max element in array is 9 Max element in the vector v is d
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