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Container‐based version of the <algorithm> `std::max_element()` function to return an iterator pointing to the element with the largest value, using `operator<` to make the comparisons.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/algorithm/container.h>`

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template<typename Sequence>
constexpr
/* implementation-defined */
c_max_element(Sequence& sequence);
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== Return Value

An iterator to the largest element.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *sequence*
| The container to inspect.
|===


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