Temperatures

#include <algorithm>
#include <cstddef>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    int closestToZero;
    int n; // the number of temperatures to analyse

    cin >> n; cin.ignore();
    std::vector<int> temperatures(n);

    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        int t; // a temperature expressed as an integer ranging from -273 to 5526
        cin >> t; cin.ignore();
        temperatures[i] = t;
    }

    try {
        closestToZero = temperatures.at(0); // store first value; if empty, we are meant to display “0”
    } catch (std::out_of_range) {
        cerr << "“First” temperature can’t be stored. Store 0." << endl;
        closestToZero = 0;
    }

    std::for_each(std::cbegin(temperatures), std::cend(temperatures), [&](int const elem) -> void {
        cerr << "{ elem: " << elem << ", closestToZero: " << closestToZero << " }";
        if (abs(elem) < abs(closestToZero)) {
            closestToZero = elem;
        } else if (-elem == closestToZero) {
            closestToZero = elem > closestToZero ? elem : closestToZero; // edge case, i.e. if -5 and 5, take positive value
        }
        cerr << " -> " << closestToZero << endl;
    });

    cout << closestToZero << endl;
}