Using for loops to determine the largest number in an array.

I understand that Matlab has inbult functions for finding maximum and minimum, however I am trying to learn how physically learn these skills, for instance how would i go about using for loops that will search for the maximum/largest number while testing if the new value is more than the current value in an array i made called RandomNumber... But i don't know how to go about utilising the for loop in this manner, would someone update me on this using my code thank you.

%% My current understanding of the possible script

RandomNumbers = [3, 9, 27, 81, 7, 9, 10, 33, 2, 55];

LargestNumber [];

for x = 1:10

LargestNumber = ?

end

disp(['The largest number is ',num2str(LargestNumber),])

Answer 1

[KSSV]

RandomNumbers = [3, 9, 27, 81, 7, 9, 10, 33, 2, 55];
LargestNumber = RandomNumbers(1);
for i = 2:length(RandomNumbers)
if  RandomNumbers(i) > LargestNumber
    LargestNumber = RandomNumbers(i) ; 
end
end
fprintf('The largest number is %f\n',LargestNumber)

The largest number is 81.000000

[Scuba]

Wow that was quick dude! amazing and its not to difficult to understand aswell thank you Sir.

[Scuba]

That makes sense wow! thank you for the clarification

Answer 2

[Leslie]

Write a Matlab program using FOR loop that computes the largest element of an array. Load

lab7.mat, and use Array1 as the sample array to test your program. Use the length command to

know the elements in the array