do u mean to find the max number of an array whoes size is 10?
if so..
I changed ur program a bit..
u can see the difference..


#include<iostream.h>
int max_element(int[], int);
void main(){
int n, a[10];
int max;
for(n=0; n<10; n ++)
cin>>a[n];
max=max_element(a, 10);
cout<<max;
cout<<endl;
}
int max_element(int array[] , int size){
int temp, j;
temp = array[0];
for(j=0; j<size; j++)
if(temp<array[j])
temp=array[j];
return temp;
}