max()

Return the greater of two numbers

Synopsis:

#include <stdlib.h>

#define max(a,b) ...

Arguments:

a,b

The numbers that you want to get the greater of.

Description:

The max() function returns the greater of two values.

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The max() function is for C programs only. For C+ and C++ programs, use the __max() or __min() macros.

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Examples:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main( void )
{
    int a;

    a = max( 1, 10 );
    printf( "The value is: %d\n", a );
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Classification:

QNX 4

See also:

min()