Help with a c++ program.?

i'm suppose to rewrite the findMAX() so that the variable MAX is declared in main (), is used to store the maximum value of two passed numbers.The value of MAX should be set directly from within findMAX().





so can someone help me finish this?





heres my code:








#include %26lt;iostream%26gt;


using namespace std;


int findMAX(int, int); // the funtion prototype


int main()





{





int firstnum, secnum, MAX;





cout %26lt;%26lt; "Enter a number: ";


cin %26gt;%26gt; firstnum;


cout %26lt;%26lt; "Great! Please enter a second number: ";


cin %26gt;%26gt; secnum;





MAX = findMAX (firstnum, secnum); // the function is called here





cout %26lt;%26lt; "\nThe maximum of the two numbers are :" %26lt;%26lt; MAX %26lt;%26lt; endl;


return 0;





}





// following is the function findMAX()





int findMAX(int x, int y)





{ //start of function body


int maxnum; //variable declaration





if (x %26gt;= y) //find the max number


maxnum = x;


else


maxnum = y;return maxnum;





cout %26lt;%26lt;"\nThe maximum of the two numbers entered are: " %26lt;%26lt; maxnum %26lt;%26lt; endl;





system( "pause" );


return 0;





}


// End of Program

Help with a c++ program.?
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since i guess theres no way i can post another comment, so I guess i'll use my sisters account.





anyway so the code looks like this:








#include %26lt;iostream%26gt;


using namespace std;


int findMAX(int x, int y); // the funtion prototype


int main()





{








int firstnum, secnum, MAX;





cout %26lt;%26lt; "Enter a number: ";


cin %26gt;%26gt; firstnum;


cout %26lt;%26lt; "Great! Please enter a second number: ";


cin %26gt;%26gt; secnum;





MAX = findMAX (firstnum, secnum); // the function is called here





cout %26lt;%26lt; "\nThe maximum of the two numbers are :" %26lt;%26lt; MAX %26lt;%26lt; endl;


return 0;





}





// following is the function findMAX()





int findMAX(int x, int y)





{ //start of function body


int maxnum; //variable declaration





if (x %26gt;= y) //find the max number


maxnum = x;


else


maxnum = y;


return maxnum;





cout %26lt;%26lt;"\nTe maximum of the two numbers entered are: " %26lt;%26lt; maxnum %26lt;%26lt; endl;























system( "pause" );


return 0;





}


// End of Program








so is this right?
Reply:Your findmax() function should be











int findMAX(int x, int y)





{ //start of function body


int maxnum; //variable declaration





if (x %26gt;= y) //find the max number


maxnum = x;


else


maxnum = y;








return maxnum;





}


// End of Program








EDIT:





and if you want to make the function shorter:





int findMAX(int x, int y)





{





x %26gt;= y ? return x :return y;


}
Reply:and if you want it even shorter, drop the redundant maxnum variable and use a somewhat more standard syntax.





int findMAX(int x, int y)


{


return x %26gt;= y ? x : y;


}