Finding the best person in an array

Question

I have an array called Names[5] and one called scores[5][5]. Each row corresponds with the name in the respective index.

I need to find the highest score in the scores array and return the name that corresponds with it.

This is what I have so far:

int high = 0;
for(a=0; a<5; a++)
    for(b=0; b<5; b++)
        if(high<scores[a][b])

Answer 1

Just scan the matrix, and remember the best score and best name so far. Something like:

String[] names = {"a","b","c","d","e"};
int[][] scores = new int[5][5];
//... init scores

int best = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
String bestName = null;
for(int nm = 0;nm<5;nm++){
    for(int c = 0;c<5;c++){
        int score = scores[nm][c];
        if (score>=best){
            best = score;
            bestName = names[nm];
        }
    }
}
System.out.println(bestName);