C Program To Find Maximum Difference Between Two Elements in an Array

This C Program checks 2 elements in the array such that difference between them is largest. This program finds maximum differnce between the 2 array elements.

Here is source code of the C Program to find 2 elements in the array such that difference between them is largest.. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

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 * C Program to Find 2 Elements in the Array such that Difference between them is Largest

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 #include <stdio.h>
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int maximum_difference(int array[], int arr_size)

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    int max_diff = array[1] - array[0];
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    int i, j;
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    for (i = 0; i < arr_size; i++)
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    {
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        for (j = i + 1; j < arr_size; j++)

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        {
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            if (array[j] - array[i] > max_diff)

                max_diff = array[j] - array[i];

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        }
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    }
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    return max_diff;
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}
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int main()
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    int array[] = {10, 15, 90, 200, 110};

    printf("Maximum difference is %d",  maximum_difference(array, 5));

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    getchar();
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    return 0;
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}
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$ cc pgm97.c
$ a.out
Maximum difference is 190

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