maxi_c

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Procedure Abstract Required_Reading Keywords Brief_I/O Detailed_Input | Detailed_Output Parameters Exceptions Files Particulars Examples | Restrictions Literature_References Author_and_Institution Version Index_Entries
#### Procedure
       SpiceInt maxi_c ( SpiceInt n,  ... )
#### Abstract
       Find the maximum of a set of integers.
#### Required_Reading
       PLANES
#### Keywords
       GEOMETRY
       MATH
       PLANE
#### Brief_I/O
       Variable  I/O  Description
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       n          I   The number of integer values to compare.
       ...        I   The numbers to be compared, separated by commas.
#### Detailed_Input
       n              is the number of integer values in the set
                      whose maximum is to be determined.

       ...            represents a variable argument list.  The number of
                      integer values supplied must be that indicated by n.
                      The values are separated by commas.

                      Section 5.2.4.1 of the ANSI C Standard, titled
                      "Translation Limits," specifies that argument lists
                      containing at least 31 items must be supported.  In
                      the interest of portability, no more than 30
                      integer values should be supplied.
#### Detailed_Output
       The function returns the maximum of the set of input integers.
#### Parameters
       None.
#### Exceptions
       Error free.

       1) If n is less than 1, the value 0 is returned.

       2) If the number of integer values supplied does not match
          the argument n, the action of this routine is not defined.

       3) If the number of integer values supplied exceeds 30,
          the action of this routine is not defined.
#### Files
       None.
#### Particulars
       None.
#### Examples
       1) Find the maximum of four integer values.

          #include "SpiceUsr.h"
               .
               .
               .

          SpiceInt                max;
          SpiceInt                a;
          SpiceInt                b;
          SpiceInt                c;
          SpiceInt                d;
               .
               .
               .

          max = maxi_c ( 4, a, b, c, d );
#### Restrictions
       1) The ANSI C Standard specifies that argument lists containing 31
          actual arguments must be supported.  Larger sets of values may
          not be handled properly by this routine.
#### Literature_References
       1) "American National Standard for Programming Languages---C."
          Section 5.4.2.1, "Translation Limits," p. 13.
          Published by American National Standards Institute,
          11 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10035. Copyright 1990.
#### Author_and_Institution
       N.J. Bachman   (JPL)
#### Version
       -CSPICE Version 1.0.1, 11-NOV-2006 (EDW)

          Added "None." text to Particulars section, required for
          API doc script (cspicehtml.pl) integrity checks.

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 29-MAR-1999 (NJB)
#### Index_Entries
       maximum of integer values
#### Link to routine maxi_c source file maxi_c.c

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