The following Code does not give any response on Stdout - c++

Question

This code is supposed to calculate the frequency of maximum number in an array I.E the number of times the highest number in the array has occured unfortunately this code does not display any output:-
#include<iostream>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int birthdayCakeCandles(int n, int a[]){
int j=0,max,count=0;
max = a[j];
while(j<n){
if(a[j+1]> max){
max = a[j+1];
j++;
}
}
int seen[n];
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
seen[i] = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < n;i++) {
if(seen[i] == 0) {
int count = 0;
for(int j = i; j < n;j++)
if(a[j] == a[i] && a[i] == max)
count += 1;
seen[j] = 1;
}
}
return count;
}
int main() {
int i,n;
cin >> n;
int a[n];
for(i = 0; i < n; i++){
cin >> a[i];
}
int result = birthdayCakeCandles(n, a);
cout << result << endl;
return 0;
}

Answer 1

Your program never stops, because your maximum finding loop is for n > 0 endless. Your loop in birthdayCakeCandles should be changed to:
while (j < n)
{
if (a[j + 1] > max)
{
max = a[j + 1];
}
j++;
}
Also consider using more readable coding style and please read this.

Answer 2

In addition to the bug found by vasek, you made at least another mistake in the (overcomplicated) following loops, where you are trying to count the occurences of the maximum value.
// I've kept OP's indentation on purpose...
int seen[n]; // <-- Variable Length Arrays are not standard in C++
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
seen[i] = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < n;i++) {
if(seen[i] == 0) {
int count = 0;
for(int j = i; j < n;j++)
if(a[j] == a[i] && a[i] == max)
count += 1;
seen[j] = 1; // <-- misleading indentation, this is always executed
// no matter what the condition is
}
}
While all you need to do, once you have found the maximum value, is:
int count = 0;
for( int i = 0; i < n; ++i ) {
if( a[i] == max )
++count;
}
As a matter of fact (unless you want to create a function operating on an array for other reasons), you don't need any array (or std::vector) at all to complete your assignment. This code will perform the same task:
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>
int main()
{
int n;
std::cin >> n;
int x,
max = std::numeric_limits<int>::min();
int count = 0;
for ( int i = 0;
i < n && std::cin >> x;
++i )
{
if ( x >= max )
{
if ( x > max )
{
max = x;
count = 1;
}
else
{
++count;
}
}
}
std::cout << count << '\n';
}