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Question #34926
Write an algorithm that returns the index of the last occurrence of the value key in a sequence s1, …,sn. If key is not in the sequence, the algorithm returns 0. Example, if the sequence is 12 11 12 23 and key is 12, the algorithm returns 3.
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Expert's answer
2017-02-23T05:32:38-0500
Input: sequence "s" indexed from 1 to n; number of elements in the sequence "n" 

Output: First occurrence of the largest element in the sequence

find_largest_element(s,n) {
large = s_1 \\ initializes large
index_large = 1 \\ initializes the index of large
for i = 2 to n \\ steps through the sequence
if (s_i > large) { \\ since this is >, it will not be called if value
equals large
large = s_i
index_large = i
}
return index_large
}

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