Function Templates - Example 10-2 - An overloaded max() function and a max function template

// File: ex10-2.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

template <typename T> T Max(T a, T b)
{
	return (a > b ? a : b);
}

char * Max(char* a, char* b)
{
	return ((strcmp(a,b) > 0) ? a : b);
}

int main(void)
{
	cout << Max(3,4) << endl;
	cout << Max(4.55,1.23) << endl;
	cout << Max(short(2),(short)3) << endl;
	cout << Max('a','d') << endl;
	cout << Max('N',Max('H','U')) << endl;
	cout << Max("hey","hello") << endl;
	cout << Max("HELLO","Hey") << endl;
	cout << Max("hey","abc") << endl;
	return 0;
}

/* MS Visual C++ 2008 Express edition output 

4
4.55
3
d
U
hello
Hey
hey

*** Dev-C++ (gnu ver. 3.4.2) output
4
4.55
3
d
U
hey
HELLO
abc

*/