Find Maximum Element Using Pointer Walk

Code

#include <stdio.h>

int find_max_element(int *ptr, int n) {
    // Your logic here
    int counter = 0;
    int number = *(ptr + counter);
    while(counter < n-1)
    {
        if(number < *(ptr + counter + 1))
        {
            number = *(ptr + counter + 1);
            //printf("%d \n",number);
        } 
        counter++;

    }
    return number;
}

int main() {
    int n;
    scanf("%d", &n);

    int arr[100];
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
    }

    int result = find_max_element(arr, n);
    printf("%d", result);

    return 0;
}

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Input

5 10 25 5 30 15

Expected Output

30