c program to find largest element in an array using recursion
#include <stdio.h>
int large(int[], int, int);
int main()
{
int size;
int largest;
int list[20];
int i;
printf("Enter size of the list:");
scanf("%d", &size);
printf("Printing the list:\n");
for (i = 0; i < size ; i++)
{
list[i] = rand() % size;
printf("%d \t", list[i]);
}
if (size == 0)
{
printf("Empty list\n");
}
else
{
largest = list[0];
largest = large(list, size - 1, largest);
printf("\nThe largest number in the list is: %d\n", largest);
}
}
int large(int list[], int position, int largest)
{
if (position == 0)
return largest;
if (position > 0)
{
if (list[position] > largest)
{
largest = list[position];
}
return large(list, position - 1, largest);
}
}