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 =={{header|Euphoria}}==
-Applying a function to each element of an array
+===Applying a function to each element of an array===
 <lang Euphoria>function aeval( sequence sArr, integer id )
     for i = 1 to length( sArr ) do
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 sequence s
-s = { "antelope", "dog", "cat", "cow", "wolf", "wolverine", "aardvark"}
+s = {"ant", "antelope", "dog", "cat", "cow", "wolf", "wolverine", "aardvark"}
 biggun = "ant"
 a = aeval( s, routine_id("biggest") )
 printf( 1, "%s\n", {biggun} )</lang>
+Output:
+<pre>
+wolverine
+</pre>
+===More trivial example===
+<lang euphoria>function get_biggest(sequence s)
+    object biggun
+    biggun = s[1]
+    for i = 2 to length(s) do
+        if compare(s[i], biggun) > 0 then
+            biggun = s[i]
+        end if
+    end for
+    return biggun
+end function
+constant numbers = {1,1234,62,234,12,34,6}
+printf(1,"%d\n",get_biggest(numbers))
+constant animals = { "antelope", "dog", "cat", "cow", "wolf", "wolverine", "aardvark"}
+printf(1,"%s\n",{get_biggest(animals)})</lang>
 Output:
 <pre>