"var sb=1" Basic Algorithm Scripting: Return Largest Numbers in Arrays

Hi,

Can I know why the suggested solution used “var sb=1” instead of “var sb=0” as index count always starts from 0?
My code works with “var sb=0”, would like to know the reason behind “var sb=1”? thanks!

Your code so far


function largestOfFour(arr) {
var result = [];
for (var n = 0; n<arr.length; n++) {
var largestNumber = arr[n][0];
for (var sb=0; sb<arr[n].length; sb++) {
  if (arr[n][sb]>largestNumber) {
    largestNumber=arr[n][sb];
  }
} result[n] = largestNumber;
} 

return result;
}



largestOfFour([[4, 5, 1, 3], [13, 27, 18, 26], [32, 35, 37, 39], [1000, 1001, 857, 1]]);

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Challenge: Return Largest Numbers in Arrays

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if you start with sb = 0 you will compare the first item in the array to itself

starting from sb = 1 remove an unnecessary check

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Noted, thank you! :slight_smile: