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- #if !defined( __STRNG_H )
- #include <strng.h>
- #endif // __STRNG_H
-
- #ifndef __IOSTREAM_H
- #include <iostream.h>
- #endif
-
- //
- // Determines the maximum string using the ASCII collating sequence to
- // define rank. A string is defined to be greater than another if the
- // ASCII values of its characters are greater than the values of the other
- // string. For example,
- //
- // strngmax Alpha Beta Charlie
- //
- // would print Charlie to stdout and return 3.
- //
- int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
- {
- if( argc < 2 )
- {
- cerr << "Usage: strngmax string1 [string2 ...]\n";
- return 1;
- }
-
- String theGreatestString( argv[1] );
- int positionOfTheGreatestString = 1;
- int nextArg = 2;
-
- while( nextArg < argc )
- {
- String argListString ( argv[nextArg++] );
- if ( argListString > theGreatestString )
- {
- theGreatestString = argListString;
- positionOfTheGreatestString = nextArg - 1;
- }
- }
-
- cout << theGreatestString << endl;
- return positionOfTheGreatestString;
- }
-