Programming Praxis

In an array of integers, the forward difference between any two elements is the rightmost integer less the leftmost integer. The largest forward difference is the greatest value of all forward differences between elements of the array. If there are no positive forward differences, the largest forward difference is taken to be zero, as if an integer is subtracted from itself.

For instance, in the array [1,5,7,2,9] the largest forward difference is 9 – 1 = 8, and in the array [4, 3, 2, 1] the largest forward difference is 0.

Your task is to write a program that finds the largest forward difference in an array. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.

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