#include <stl.h> #include <iostream.h> #include <string.h> bool str_compare (const char* a_, const char* b_) { return ::strcmp (a_, b_) < 0 ? 1 : 0; } char* names[] = { "Brett", "Graham", "Jack", "Mike", "Todd" }; int main () { const unsigned namesCt = sizeof (names)/sizeof (names[0]); cout << *max_element (names, names + namesCt, str_compare) << endl; return 0; }