diff --git a/Languages/Java/MaxInArray.java b/Languages/Java/MaxInArray.java
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+public class MaxInArray {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        int[] arr ={1,23,3,99,18};
+        System.out.println(max(arr));
+    }
+
+    //assuming array is not empty
+    static int max(int[] arr){
+        int maxVal = arr[0];
+        for(int i =1; i< arr.length ; i++){
+            if(arr[i] >maxVal){
+                maxVal = arr[i];
+            }
+        }
+        return maxVal;
+    }
+}