How to put 3 data in loop to determine which is greatest

if (abs_tag0>abs_tag1) && (abs_tag0>abs_tag2)
    count_new_tag = abs_tag0;
    sci_new = sc0;
elseif(abs_tag1>abs_tag0) && (abs_tag1>abs_tag2)
    count_new_tag = abs_tag1;
    sci_new = sc1;
else
    count_new_tag = abs_tag2;
    sci_new = sc2;
end
if (count_new_tag>8)
    count_new_tag=1;
end

reconstructed_spreaddata_cHere I am comparing abs_Tag0, abs_tag1, abs_tag2 and storing their values in count_new_tag and their multiplication in sci_new

My agenda is to use the related abs_tag0/1/2 and the respective sci_new (i.e sc0/1/2) values in the reconstructed_spreaddata_code2 line

suppose in the first round I come to know that abs_tag1 has highest value out of abs_tag0 and abs_tag2 I would want to elliminate that data from the next loop and will perform exact operation with the remaining data. How should i solve this situation. Kindly help