Simple Function Template

Statement: A function template in C ++ that can calculate

                        larger of the two elements where elements can

                        be of any type (i.e.int, char, float etc)

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template <typename dataType>

dataType getLarger(dataType value1, dataType value2)

{

       if (value1 > value2)

              return value1;

       else

              return value2;

}

int main()

{

       cout << "Larger of the two integers, 6 and 9 is " <<

       getLarger(6, 9) << endl << endl;

       cout << "Larger of the two characters, J and E is " <<

       getLarger('E', 'J') << endl << endl;

      cout << "Larger of the two floating numbers, 4.4 and 2.7 is " <<

      getLarger(2.7, 4.4) << endl << endl;

       cout << "Larger of the two integers, \"Google\" and \"Bing\" is

       \"" << getLarger("Google", "Bing") <<"\""<< endl << endl;

       system("pause");

       return 0;

}