How can i find the highest number number from a list of numbers in an array? [duplicate]

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How can i find the highest number from a list of numbers in an array; so far wrote

    int[] data = Utilitybook.Utility.fetchData("book01");
    float result=0;

user5307594 · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-19 14:16:20Z

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Use linq to sort your data:

data = data.OrderByDescending(c => c).ToArray();

Then just get your highest and second highest number from it:

int highest = data[0];
int second = data[1];

answered Nov 19, 2017 at 14:16

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If you are going to use LINQ you may as well just do data.Max();

@Svek oh yeah, good point :)