What value is returned by the following function?

Question

```
int result (string a, int n)
{
int k = 0;
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
if (a[i] > a[k])
k = i;
return k;
} // end result
```

a. Index of the largest element in the first n elements in a.
b. Value of the largest element in the first n elements of a.
c. Index of the smallest element in the first n elements of a.
d. Value of the smallest element in the first n elements of a.
e. Number of elements in a.

Answer 1

a. Index of the largest element in the first n elements in a.