Question

write a c++ function, do not #include anything, that returns the max of 6 ints

int max(int, int, int, int, int, int);

allowed to use built in max(int, int) function.

Answer 1

int max(int i1, int i2, int i3, int i4, int i5, int i6)
{
int m = std::max(i1,i2); // m has maximum of i1 and i2
m = std::max(m,i3); // compare m with i3
m = std::max(m,i4); // compare m with i4
m = std::max(m,i5); // compare m with i5
m = std::max(m,i6); // compare m with i6
  
return m; // return maximum
}