The process of finding the largest value (i.e., the maximum of a group of values

Question

The process of finding the largest value (i.e., the maximum of a group of values) is used frequently in computer applications. For example, a script that determines the winner of a sales contest would input the number of units sold by each salesperson. The salesperson who sells the most units wins the contest. Write a pseudocode algorithm and then a script that inputs a series of 10 single- digit numbers as characters, determines the largest of the numbers and outputs a message that displays the largest number. Your script should use three variables as follows:

a) counter: A counter to count to 10 (i.e., to keep track of how many numbers have been input and to determine when all 10 numbers have been processed);

b) number: The current digit input to the script;

c) largest: The largest number found so far.

Explanation / Answer

PseudoCode

count = 10
number = ' '
largest = -INF

while count > 0

      number = input("Enter a number")

     if number > largest
         largest = number

     count = count - 1

end

print "largest number is" , largest


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