C++ Program to find largest of 3 numbers

/*In the Following code, we are finding maximum number from given three numbers, for this just need to use the ” if ” conditional statement & use the ” < ” or ” > ” operators to check out the max. number or min. number. This is the C++ program to find largest of 3 given numbers*/

// program to find largest of 3 numbers entered by user.

#include <iostream> 

#include<stdlib.h>   //For system("pause") function
using namespace std;
double maximum( double x, double y, double z )  //Function Definition
{
    double max = x;
    if ( y > max ) // if y is larger,
        max = y;
    if ( z > max ) // if z is larger,
        max = z;
    return max; // max is largest value
} // end function maximum

int main()
{
    double number1;
    double number2;
    double number3;
    cout << "Enter three floating-point numbers: ";
    cin >> number1 >> number2 >> number3; // number input
    cout << "Maximum is: " << maximum( number1, number2, number3 ) << endl;

    system("pause");
    return 0; // indicates successful termination
}

 

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C++ Program to find largest of 3 numbers