Find Leaders in Java: Explanation & Practice

Find elements greater than all elements to their right

Problem summary

A leader is an element greater than all elements to its right. Find all leaders in the array.

Starter code

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] arr = {16, 17, 4, 3, 5, 2}; // Test case 1
        
        // Print leaders (rightmost is always a leader)
        // Print result space-separated
    }
}

Expected output and test cases

Leaders in [16,17,4,3,5,2]
```
17 5 2
```
Descending array - all are leaders
```
5 4 3 2 1
```
Ascending array - only last is leader
```
5
```

Hints

Traverse from right to left
Track maximum seen so far
If current > max, it's a leader

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