This function finds the largest member of an integer array. function using templates to work with any type of array.

int findMax(const int nums[], int size, int& index) {

int i;

int max = nums[0];

index = 0;

for (i = 1; i < size; i++) {

if (nums[i] > max) {

max = nums[i];

index = i;

}

}

return max;

}