A file named numbers. txt contains an unknown number of lines, each consisting of a single positive integer. Write some code that reads through the file and stores the largest number read in a variable named maxvalue.

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King

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24 July, 16:42

A file named numbers. txt contains an unknown number of lines, each consisting of a single positive integer. Write some code that reads through the file and stores the largest number read in a variable named maxvalue.

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Lorenzo Ochoa · Answer 1

Not a complicated task, but we really need to know which language. Pseudo code would be like:

maxvalue = 0

file = open ("numbers. txt", "rb")

while (not EOF) : #End Of File

file. readln (value)

if (value > maxvalue):

maxvalue = value

file. close ()