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LESSON 159 OF 413 · LOOPING OVER ARRAY INDICES

Top K Brands V3 - Max in Array in C#

Practice

Many brands sell the same product, stored in two parallel arrays: ratings[i] is the rating of brands[i]. Find the highest-rated brand by scanning with a loop.

You start with:

        string[] brands = {"TechPro", "MegaCorp", "Quantum", "NeoByte", "Zenith"};
        int[] ratings = {4, 5, 3, 5, 4};

Build:

1. MegaCorp (5)

Rules:

  • Keep the position of the best brand so far in bestIndex, starting at 0, and scan the positions from 1 to the end with a loop.
  • Update bestIndex only on a strictly higher rating. If two brands share the top rating, the one listed first wins (MegaCorp at position 1, not NeoByte at position 3).
  • Format the winner as "1. Brand (rating)" and print it with Console.WriteLine(...).

Walk the positions with for (int i = 1; i < ratings.Length; i++) { and compare each rating with the best one so far.

C#'s + on a string and an int converts the integer to text for you.

        string[] brands = {"TechPro", "MegaCorp", "Quantum", "NeoByte", "Zenith"};
        int[] ratings = {4, 5, 3, 5, 4};

        int bestIndex = 0;
        for (int i = 1; i < ratings.Length; i++) {
            if (ratings[i] > ratings[bestIndex]) {
                bestIndex = i;
            }
        }
        Console.WriteLine("1. " + brands[bestIndex] + " (" + ratings[bestIndex] + ")");

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