// Example 35 from page 27 of Java Precisely second edition (The MIT Press 2005) // Author: Peter Sestoft (sestoft@itu.dk) class Example35 { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(max(69, 42)); // max(int,int) System.out.println(max(2, 5, 7, 11, 3)); // max(int,int[]) System.out.println(max(2, new int[] { 5, 7, 11, 3 })); // max(int,int[]) } static int max(int x, int y) { return x > y ? x : y; } static int max(int x1, int... xr) { int res = x1; for (int x : xr) res = max(res, x); return res; } }