function template: GetMax : template function « template « C++ Tutorial

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#include <iostream.h>

template <class T>

T GetMax (T a, T b) {
  T result;
  result = (a>b)? a : b;

  return (result);
}

int main () {
  int i=5, j=6, k;
  long l=10, m=5, n;

  k = GetMax< int >(i,j);
  n = GetMax< long >(l,m);

  cout << k << endl;
  cout << n << endl;

  return 0;
}

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