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+#include<iostream> 
+using namespace std; 
+  
+/*C++ Function to print leaders in an array */
+void printLeaders(int arr[], int size) 
+{ 
+    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) 
+    { 
+        int j; 
+        for (j = i+1; j < size; j++) 
+        { 
+            if (arr[i] < arr[j]) 
+                break; 
+        }     
+        if (j == size) // the loop didn't break 
+            cout << arr[i] << " "; 
+  } 
+} 
+  
+/* Driver program to test above function */
+int main() 
+{ 
+    int arr[] = {16, 17, 4, 3, 5, 2}; 
+    int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]); 
+    printLeaders(arr, n); 
+    return 0; 
+}