C++ Calculating the Mode of a Sorted Array

Question

I have to write a C++ code that finds the median and mode of an array. I'm told that it's much easier to find the mode of an array AFTER the numbers have been sorted. I sorted the function but still cannot find the mode.

 int counter = 0;
    for (int pass = 0; pass < size - 1; pass++)
        for (int count = pass + 1; count < size; count++) {
            if (array [count] == array [pass])
                counter++;
            cout << "The mode is: " << counter << endl; 

Answer 1

There is an old adage that states "If you put 10 programmers in a room and give them the same program to code you will get 12 different results", hence my version of answering your question. It may not be as fast (I'm planning on testing it's speed versus some of the other suggestions) but I feel it is easy to understand.

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
    short z[10];
    short maxCount = 0, curCount = 0, cur = 0, most = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
         cout << "Enter a number: " << endl;
         cin >> z[i];
        }

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
         cur = z[i];
            for (int a = i; a < 10; a++)
                {
                 if (cur == z[a])
                    {
                     curCount++;
                     cur = z[a];
                    }
                if (curCount > maxCount)
                   {
                    maxCount = curCount;
                    most = z[a];
                   }
            }
            curCount = 0;
        }

    cout << "the mode is : " << maxCount << ", the number is: " << most << endl;
}