BigElement-HELP

[bobmasta5]

Assignment number 2:
Create a program called BigElement that will allow the user to input five integers. The program will then output the largest of the five numbers. Include a function-type method that will return to the main method the value of the largest element in the array (Hint: the flowchart below shows the algorithm that could be used for the method). Use the length method to help determine the number of elements in the array.

This is assignment 2 that I need to complete quickly and all I have is this:
// The "BiggestElement" class.
import java.awt.*;
import hsa.Console;

public class BiggestElement
{
static Console c; // The output console

public static void main (String[] args)
{
c = new Console ();
int biggest[] = new int [5];
//i know this part is wrong, im not sure what to do exactly
c.println ("Please input five integers: ");
biggest = c.readInt[] ();

} // main method
} // BiggestElement class

[bigbigbug]

if you have 5 elements, make a "for" loop, initialize a int variable max=0
in each time, you compare max with each element, if max is smaller, than assign max as that element,
hope it helps

[bobmasta5]

Sorry not quite sure I got it....would you happen to have msn so I can ask a few questions quicker? ...I aprreciate the help.
c = new Console ();
int biggest[] = new int [5];
c.println ("Please input five integers: ");
biggest = c.readInt ();
for (int max = 0 ; max < biggest ; max++)
{

}
} // main method

[CJSLMAN]

It would llook something like this:

create array of 5 elements
start loop
ask user for int
assign int to array
end loop
call method (sortMethod?) with array as a parameter
print the int retunred from the method

begining of sort method
do sort stuff 
return the biggest element (int)
end method

Luck,
CJSL

[bobmasta5]

Ok so this is what I have now, im not sure if my loop in the sortMethod is correct, also i get an error when i try to print the method out from the main method

public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        c = new Console ();
        //create array of 5 elements
        int fiveNumber[] = new int [5];
        int max = 0;
        //ask the user for five integers
        c.println ("Please input five integers: ");
        //start a loop so that the user can enter five integers
        for (int i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i++)
        {
            fiveNumber [i] = c.readInt ();
        }
        c.println ("The largest number entered was " + sortMethod (max));
    } // main method


    public static int sortMethod (int fiveNumber, int max)
    {
        for (int i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i++)
        {
            if (fiveNumber > max)
                max = fiveNumber;
        }
        return max;
    }

[bobmasta5]

nevermind i got the program to run!:

c = new Console ();
        //create array of 5 elements
        int fiveNumber[] = new int [5];
        //declare a variable to determine the largest number
        int max = 0;
        //ask the user for five integers
        c.println ("Please input five integers: ");
        //start a loop so that the user can enter five integers
        for (int i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i++)
        {
            fiveNumber [i] = c.readInt ();
        }
        //print the largest number, that has been returned from the sortMethod method
        c.println ("The largest number entered was " + sortMethod (fiveNumber, max));
    } // main method


    //create a new method called SorthMethod to determine which of the five numbers is the largest
    public static int sortMethod (int[] fiveNumber, int max)
    {
        //use a loop to determine out of five numbers which is the largest
        for (int i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i++)
        {
            if (fiveNumber [i] > max)
                max = fiveNumber [i];
        }
        //return the max integer, which is now the largest integer in the given array
        return max;
    }

[CJSLMAN]

Great... glad it works !!!

public static int sortMethod (int[] fiveNumber, [B][COLOR="Red"]int max[/COLOR][/B])

a comment... there's no need to pass variable max as a parameter (it's value is zero at that point). Just declare it and initialize it in the sort method.

Luck,
CJSL