Solution(you don't even need a while loop)
#define MAX_NUM 8 //user input goes in myints int myints[MAX_NUM] = {3,7,2,5,6,4,9}; // using default comparison: std::cout << "The largest element is " << *std::max_element(myints,myints+MAX_NUM) << '\n'; Other Solution using int arrays even though you can replace int array with one variable
int main() { int largest = 0; int myints[10] = {3,7,2,5,6,4,9,7,2,6}; for(int i =0 ; i< 10;i++) { if (myints[i] > largest) { largest = myints[i]; } } cout << largest << endl; return 0; }