i need to fix thiis problem is very needed in my first program class. hoping for your kind help

Question

problem;
create a program that will determine the highest number. it should be a user defined and use while and if-else statement only.

Answer 1

What have you tried so far? Please link your code.

An idea for the implementation:
- you start with an array of numbers
- create a variable called max and store the first element of the array in it
- loop through all elements (except the first one)
- inside the loop you compare the current element with the value of max
- change max, if the current element is higher

Answer 2

Part 1

Break down your problem into smaller parts and try to solve it. Following can be few good starting points.
- Check with your professor how are you going to receive input.
- Try to Google how you read input
- Which data type should you use to store the info.
- Now try to formalize a strategy on how you normally find highest number. Not in code just simply how your brain processes it.
- Next ask some questions - so do I need some variable and compare it or any other way I can do?
- Go to Google and read more about while and if else condition.
- Try to write the code, there may be some compile issues or wrong answer. In that case, you need to debug.

Part 2

Basic Debugging
- You should understand what your code is trying to do. Even if it's non working code.
- Place cout statements printing the variables or info to understand flow.
- In end, still not able to found out the issue. Post in forum, reach out to teacher or friends. It is very important that you know what went wrong.

Answer 3

Part 3

Advance steps
- Ask about constraints - What is the range of numbers we are dealing with? This would help you to decide whether should you use int or long or any other type?
- Also, are decimal places allowed or not. As the question doesn't have info on what type we are dealing with integers or decimals as well?
- Does my code has meaningful variable names?
- Is my code clean? You can read starting chapters of Clean Code book.

Answer 4

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