How do I find the largest negative value in an array with both positive and negative values?

Question

I need to return the greatest negative value, and if there are no negative values, I need to return zero. Here is what I have:

public int greatestNegative(int[]          


        

Answer 1

Just go about finding the max number with an added condition.

public static int greatestNegative(int[] list) {
    int max = Integer.MIN;
    boolean set = false;
    for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
        if (list[i] < 0 && list[i] > max) {
             max = arr[i];
             set = true;
        }
    }
    if (!set)
        max = 0;
    return max;
}