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Created May 28, 2014 02:53
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package main
import "fmt"
func greatestNumber(args ... int) int {
max := int(0)
for _, arg := range args {
if arg > max {
max = arg
}
}
return max
}
func main() {
fmt.Println(greatestNumber(12,3,84,32,52,97,6))
}
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rck109d commented Mar 26, 2016

fails when called with only negative numbers; also when passed no args.
can address both issues by changing line 6 to be:

max := args[0]

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