C++中max_element和min_element

函数原型：

#include    <algorithm>  
       iterator   max_element(   iterator   start,   iterator   end   ); 
       iterator   max_element(   iterator   start,   iterator   end,   BinPred   p   );

用法：

#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n[]={1,4,22,3,8,5};
int len=sizeof(n)/sizeof(int);
cout<<*max_element(n,n+len)<<endl;
cout<<*min_element(n,n+len)<<endl;
return 0;
}

注意：数组中参数和返回值是对应的地址，如果在容器中，则是迭代器。例如：

string longestPalindrome(string s) {
	if (s.size() < 2) return s;
	std::map<int, int> mpal;//<len,start> 
	for (int i = 0; i<s.size();)
	{
		int start = i;
		while (s[start] == s[i + 1]) ++i;
		int finish = i;
		while (start >= 0 && finish < s.size() && s[start] == s[finish])
		{
			--start;
			++finish;
		}
		if (finish - start >= 3) mpal.insert(std::make_pair(finish - start - 1, start + 1));
		++i;
	}
	auto m = std::max_element(mpal.begin(), mpal.end());  //m是迭代器
	return s.substr((*m).second, (*m).first);
}