=====max_element=====
Syntax:

<code>
  #include <algorithm>
  iterator max_element( iterator start, iterator end );
  iterator max_element( iterator start, iterator end, BinPred p );
</code>

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.

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:

<code>
  int array[] = { 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9 };
  unsigned int array_size = sizeof(array) / sizeof(array[0]);
  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;
</code>

When run, the above code displays this output:

<code terminal>
   Max element in array is 9
   Max element in the vector v is d
</code>

Related Topics: [[max]], [[min]], [[min_element]]