# include <cstdlib>
# include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main ( )
//
//  COMPARE compares two real numbers typed in by the user.
//
//  It demonstrates how a user written function, in this case,
//  called "my_max", can be used to compare the numbers.
//
{
  double my_max ( double x1, double x2 );
  double x, y, z;

  cout << "Enter two numbers to compare: ";
  cin >> x >> y;

  z = my_max ( x, y );

  cout << "The maximum of " << x
       << " and " << y
       << " is " << z << "\n";

  return 0;
}
double my_max ( double x1, double x2 )
{
  double x;

  if ( x1 < x2 )
  {
    x = x2;
  }
  else 
  {
    x = x1;
  }
  return x;
}