Find the index of the largest element - c++

Question

The problem with my code is that it is not identifying my function, I am not sure if the function is incorrect or written with the wrong syntax. What I have tried is to create a new array for the location of the largest index but it doesn't seem to work.
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
void locateLargest(const double a[][4], int location[]);
const int ROW_SIZE = 3;
const int COLUMN_SIZE = 4;
int main(){
int location [ROW_SIZE][COLUMN_SIZE];
double matrix [ROW_SIZE][COLUMN_SIZE];
double input;
cout<<"Enter the array: "<< endl;
for (int i = 0; i < ROW_SIZE; i++){
for(int j = 0; j < COLUMN_SIZE; j++){
cin>>input;
matrix[i][j] = input;
}
}
for(int i = 0; i < ROW_SIZE; i++){
for(int j = 0; j < COLUMN_SIZE; j++){
cout<< setw(4)<<matrix[i][j]<< " ";
}
cout<< endl;
}
locateLargest(matrix, location)
}

Answer 1

You can keep track of the max value's indices while iterating through the matrix.
void max_idx(const double (&arr)[RS][CS]) {
double curr_max = arr[0][0];
size_t max_i = 0, max_j = 0;
for (size_t i = 0; i < RS; ++i) {
for (size_t j = 0; j < CS; ++j) {
if (curr_max < arr[i][j]) {
curr_max = arr[i][j];
max_i = i;
max_j = j;
}
}
}
cout << "Largest value is at (i=" << max_i << ", j=" << max_j << ")\n";
}
Demo

Answer 2

First of all, you have to make sure that your code is consistent : in the prototype of your locateLargest function, location is a one-dimensional array but in your main() function it is a two-dimensional one.
This is how I would write this :
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
void locateLargest(double** a, int* location);
const int ROW_SIZE = 3;
const int COLUMN_SIZE = 4;
int main()
{
int location [2];
double* matrix [ROW_SIZE];
for(int s= 0; s< ROW_SIZE; s++)
{
matrix[s]= new double[COLUMN_SIZE];
}
double input;
cout<<"Enter the array: "<< endl;
for (int i = 0; i < ROW_SIZE; i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j < COLUMN_SIZE; j++)
{
cin>>input;
matrix[i][j] = input;
}
}
for(int i = 0; i < ROW_SIZE; i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j < COLUMN_SIZE; j++)
{
cout<< setw(4)<<matrix[i][j]<< " ";
}
cout<< endl;
}
locateLargest(matrix, location);
}
void locateLargest(double** a, int* location)
{
int i, j;
double maxVal= a[0][0]; location[0]= location[1]= 0;
for(i = 0;i < ROW_SIZE; i++)
{
for(j = 0; j < COLUMN_SIZE; j++)
{
if(maxVal < a[i][j])
{
location[0] = i;
location[1]= j;
maxVal= a[i][j];
}
}
}
cout << "The location of the largest element is at ("<< location[0] << " , "<<
location[1] <<" ) . it is : "<< maxVal<<endl;
}
max represents the maximum value of your matrix's elements, you first set it to be equal to the first element and then compare it to each element of the matrix. Each time you find an element that is larger than max, you assign his value to max and his position to location and at the end of the iterations, you have the largest value and his location.