minimum of all rows maximum in matrix

Question

I have to find the minimum of every row's maximum in matrix. And then print the row which contains that element. Why it cannot be done like this ?

for(i=0; i<m; i++)
    {
        for(j=0; j<n; j++)
        {
            if(a[i][j]>max)
                max=a[i][j];

        }
        if(min>max){
            min=max;
            p=i;
        }
    }

Answer 1

You need to reset max for each row:

for(i=0; i<m; i++)
    {
        max = 0;  // or some value less than the minimum value in the matrix

        for(j=0; j<n; j++)
        {
            if(a[i][j]>max)
                max=a[i][j];

        } 
        if(min>max){
            min=max;
            p=i;
        }
    }

Otherwise, once max has replaced min once, a value can never be both greater than max and less than min.