fmax -- Find the Maximum of Two Doubles

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 %fn", result);
  }

 

RELATED FUNCTIONS

fmin, max

SEE ALSO

Mathematical Functions

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