Help me pls, can't figure it out.

Question

Find bigest number.

int main() {
int n;
cin>>n; //size of the array
//your code goes here
int *nums = new int[n];

int max = nums[0];
nums [0] =n;
for(int i=0; i<n; i++) {
if(nums[i]>max)
max = nums[i];
}

cout << max;

delete []nums;

return 0;
}

Why it is only looking for first number?

Answer 1

Thanks, did't know about max = *max_element(nums, nums + n);
just could't figure it how to determine it.

Answer 2

And by the way, still haven't learned about #include <algorithm>, so here was a mistake too, just did not include it before.

Answer 3

Initialize max with 0 perhaps it should be the maximum number in the array .If zero not the max so swap it with the true maximum nums .
int max = 0;