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Answer by user2023861 for Find the largest odd number (follow-up code)

You can do this without storing the inputs and looping through them afterwards. You only need to remember whether or not an odd number was entered and which one is the largest. My Python is weak so I'll use pseudocode:

var hasUserEnteredOddNumber = falsevar largestOddNumber = 0for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++){    var input = ReadIntFromConsole()    if(input mod 2 == 1)    {        if(hasUserEnteredOddNumber)            largestOddNumber = max(largestOddNumber, input)        else            largestOddNumber = input        hasUserEnteredOddNumber = true    }}if(hasUserEnteredOddNumber)    Print("The largest odd number was "& largestOddNumber)else    Print("No odd number was entered")

You'll need a ReadIntFromConsole function. It'll be something like this:

function int ReadIntFromConsole(){    while(true)    {        string input = ReadFromConsole()        if(input is an integer)            return ConvertToInt(input)        print("That was not an integer")    }}

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