fmax

fmax

Find the Maximum of Two Doubles

Portability: SAS/C extension

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
IMPLEMENTATION
EXAMPLE
RELATED FUNCTIONS
SEE ALSO

SYNOPSIS

#include <lcmath.h>

double fmax(double s, double r);

DESCRIPTION

fmax finds the maximum of two double values, s and r .

RETURN VALUE

fmax returns a double value that represents the maximum of the two arguments.

IMPLEMENTATION

fmax is a built-in function.

EXAMPLE

#include <lcmath.h>
#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
   double num1, num2;  /* numbers to be compared            */
   double result;      /* holds the larger of num1 and num2 */

   puts("Enter num1 & num2 : ");
   scanf("%lf %lf", &num1, &num2);

   result = fmax(num1, num2);

   printf("The larger number is %f\n", result);
}

RELATED FUNCTIONS

fmin , max

SEE ALSO

Mathematical Functions

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