Thread: Largest Number Loop Problem

The assignment is:
Write a program that has 100 numbers between 0-100 in an array that tells you the index and value of the largest one.
This is my code that I am struggling with.
When I run the code, I receive a long list of sentences that tell me the largest number is (a number) with index1/2/3/etc. And the weird thing is that it writes the sentences as many times as (a number) is. So, if the sentence is "The largest number is 36 with index 1", it will write that sentence 36 times.

Also, I am trying to find a way to close the loop as soon as it finds a number larger than y but I am not sure how.

Thank you and I apologize if my method of presenting my problem is incorrect, I am new here and am not 100% sure if this is proper. Please correct me if there is something I'm doing wrong in asking my question.

 public class LargestRandom {
    public static void main(String[] args){
 
        int N = 100;       
        int[] randoms = new int [N];       
 
        for (int i = 1; i<100; i++){
            randoms[i] = (int) (Math.random()*100);
 
 
        for (int y = 99; y<=99 && y>0; y --){    
 
        if  (randoms[i]>=y) 
            System.out.println("The largest number is " + randoms[i] + " with index " + i + ".");
 
 
 
 
 
 
            }  
        }
 
 
    }
 
}

Also, iterate the array correctly to both fill and inspect it. Remember that Java arrays are zero-indexed so that iterating the loop should include the index 0 and should not exceed array.length - 1. The typical for() loop to iterate an array looks like:

for ( int i = 0 ; i < array.length ; i++ ) {}

Consider how you'll handle duplicate occurrences of the largest value. Will you report the first index, the last index, or multiple indices that contain the largest value.

You asked about "closing the loop" and comparing the values to 'y', the loop control variable. A loop can be exited with a break statement. Comparing the values of the array elements to the loop control variable 'y' has no part in this problem.

I recommend you understand and document what the code is supposed to do before writing any code. In this case, you might have jotted down the steps:

// create an array to contain 100 integers

// fill the array with 100 random values between 0 and 100

// find the largest value in the array

// report the index (or indices) of the largest value

Notice I wrote the steps like comments, because I suggest you include those steps in a program skeleton and then fill in the code that does those things after each step. At your stage, a program skeleton is a class with an empty main() method.

Thank you for both your responses. I inspected my code carefully after finding some errors and fixed some logical mistakes that did not show up in the error reports.
Thank you for your in depth responses, it has helped me immensely.
This is my new code that works.

 public class LargestRandom  {
    public static void main(String[] args)  {
 
 
 
        // create array with 100 integers
 
        int N = 100;       
        int[] randoms = new int [N];                           
        int n; 
        int largestr = 0;        
 
        // fill array with 100 values ranging from 0 to 100
        for (int i = 0; i<randoms.length; i++){  
            randoms[i] = (int) (Math.random()*100);
 
        // find the largest value in the array    
            if (i > 0){
                n = randoms[i]; 
                if (n > randoms[i-1]) 
                    largestr = n; 
            }   
        } 
 
        System.out.println("The largest variable is " + largestr);        
        }                                            
    }