55.C Program to Find Largest Number Using Dynamic Memory Allocation

C Program to Find Largest Number Using Dynamic Memory Allocation

To understand this example, you should have the knowledge of following C programming topics:

• C Programming Pointers
• C Dynamic Memory Allocation
• C Programming for Loop

Depending upon the number of elements, the required size is allocated which prevents the wastage of memory.  If no memory is allocated, error is displayed and the program is terminated.

Example: Find Largest Element Using Dynamic Memory Allocation - calloc()

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
    int i, num;
    float *data;

    printf("Enter total number of elements(1 to 100): ");
    scanf("%d", &num);

    // Allocates the memory for 'num' elements.
    data = (float*) calloc(num, sizeof(float));

    if(data == NULL)
    {
        printf("Error!!! memory not allocated.");
        exit(0);
    }

    printf("\n");

    // Stores the number entered by the user.
    for(i = 0; i < num; ++i)
    {
       printf("Enter Number %d: ", i + 1);
       scanf("%f", data + i);
    }

    // Loop to store largest number at address data
    for(i = 1; i < num; ++i)
    {
       // Change < to > if you want to find the smallest number
       if(*data < *(data + i))
           *data = *(data + i);
    }

    printf("Largest element = %.2f", *data);

    return 0;
}

Output

Enter total number of elements(1 to 100): 10

Enter Number 1: 2.34
Enter Number 2: 3.43
Enter Number 3: 6.78
Enter Number 4: 2.45
Enter Number 5: 7.64
Enter Number 6: 9.05
Enter Number 7: -3.45
Enter Number 8: -9.99
Enter Number 9: 5.67
Enter Number 10: 34.95
Largest element: 34.95

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