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std::max

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Defined in header <algorithm>
template< class T >
const T& max( const T& a, const T& b );
(1)
template< class T, class Compare >
const T& max( const T& a, const T& b, Compare comp );
(2)
template< class T >
T max( std::initializer_list<T> ilist);
(3) (since C++11)
template< class T, class Compare >
T max( std::initializer_list<T> ilist, Compare comp );
(4) (since C++11)

1-2) Returns the greater of the two values.

3-4) Returns the greatest of the values in initializer list ilist.

The (1,3) versions use operator< to compare the values, the (2,4) versions use the given comparison function comp.

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[edit] Parameters

a, b - the values to compare
ilist - initializer list with the values to compare
cmp - comparison function which returns ​true if if a is less than b.

The signature of the comparison function should be equivalent to the following:

bool cmp(const Type1 &a, const Type2 &b);

The signature does not need to have const &, but the function must not modify the objects passed to it.
The types  Type1 and  Type2 must be such that an object of type T can be implicitly converted to both of them. ​

[edit] Return value

1-2) The greater of a and b. If they are equivalent, returns a.

3-4) The greatest value in ilist. If several values are equivalent to the greatest, returns the leftmost one.

[edit] Complexity

1-2) Constant

3-4) Linear in ilist.size()

[edit] Possible implementation

[edit] Example

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <string> 
int main()
{
    std::cout << "larger of 1 and 9999: " << std::max(1, 9999) << '\n'
              << "larger of 'a', and 'b': " << std::max('a', 'b') << '\n'
              << "longest of \"foo\", \"bar\", and \"hello\": " <<
                  std::max( { "foo", "bar", "hello" },
                            [](const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2) {
                                 return s1.size() < s2.size();
                             }) << '\n';
}

Output:

larger of 1 and 9999: 9999
larger of 'a', and 'b': b
longest of "foo", "bar", and "hello": hello

[edit] See also

returns the smaller of two elements
(function template) [edit]
(C++11)
returns the larger and the smaller of two elements
(function template) [edit]
returns the largest element in a range
(function template) [edit]