Finding maximum value in a sequence

I want to build a loop, that will compare two values every time and return the bigger one. For example, if say k=5 and b=6 then k>b is false and it should set k equal to 6, and then if my next number is for example, smaller than 6 then it should not change the value of k and should continue comparing k with other values

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

A = randi(1000,1,8);

k = A(1);
for ii = 2:numel(A)
    if k < A(ii)
        k = A(ii);
    end
end