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Defined in header <algorithm>
template< class ForwardIt >
ForwardIt max_element( ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last );
 (1) (constexpr since C++17)
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt >

ForwardIt max_element( ExecutionPolicy&& policy,

                       ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last );
 (2) (since C++17)
template< class ForwardIt, class Compare >

ForwardIt max_element( ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last,

                       Compare comp );
 (3) (constexpr since C++17)
template< class ExecutionPolicy, class ForwardIt, class Compare >

ForwardIt max_element( ExecutionPolicy&& policy,
                       ForwardIt first, ForwardIt last,

                       Compare comp );
 (4) (since C++17)

Finds the greatest element in the range [first, last).

1) Elements are compared using operator<(until C++20)