Programming Praxis

A local maximum of a list of integers is an element of the list at which the adjacent list elements are either less than or equal to the current element; for instance, in the input list (1 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 1) there are three local maxima, one at the first 2, one at the 4, and one and the last 3. The elements at either end of a list should be considered as greater than the boundary. Only one maximum should be reported for a plateau (consecutive equal maxima).

Your task is to write a program that finds the local maxima of a list of integers. 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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