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Find the Maximum of Two Integers

Portability: SAS/C extension


SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
IMPLEMENTATION
EXAMPLE
RELATED FUNCTIONS
SEE ALSO


SYNOPSIS

#include <lclib.h>

int max(int s, int r);


DESCRIPTION

max finds the maximum of two integer values, s and r .


RETURN VALUE

max returns an integer value that represents the maximum of the two arguments.


IMPLEMENTATION

max is a built-in function.


EXAMPLE

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

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

   puts("Enter num1 & num2 : ");
   scanf("%d %d", &num1, &num2);
   result = max(num1, num2);
   printf("The larger number is %d\n", result);
}


RELATED FUNCTIONS

fmax , fmin , min


SEE ALSO


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