Find largest element in array without using any extra variables or any functions

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Find largest element in array.. · Accepted Answer

def find_largest_element(arr):
    for element in arr:
        if arr[0] < element:
            #swap these
            arr[0]=arr[0] ^ element    #XOR operation to swap
            element=arr[0] ^ element
            arr[0]=arr[0] ^ element
    return arr[0]


arr=[4,15,4,8,1233,5,5,2,3455667]

print(find_largest_element(arr))

Anonymous · Answer

for (int i = 1; i = arr[i]) {
				arr[i] = arr[i - 1];
			}
		}
		System.out.println(arr[arr.length - 1]);

Anonymous · Answer

for (int i = 1; i = arr[i]) {
				arr[i] = arr[i - 1];
			}
		}
		System.out.println(arr[arr.length - 1]);

Anonymous · Answer

Just sort the array and get the last element

Amrut Patil · Answer

use buble sort

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