text: 
  //
  // This is example code from Chapter 4.4.1.1 "If-statements" of
  // "Programming -- Principles and Practice Using C++" by Bjarne Stroustrup
  //
  
  #include "std_lib_facilities.h"
  
  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  int main()
  {
      int a = 0;
      int b = 0;
      cout << "Please enter two integers\n";
      cin >> a >> b;
  
      if (a<b)    // condition
          // 1st alternative (taken if condition is true):
          cout << "max(" << a << "," << b <<") is " << b <<"\n";
      else
          // 2nd alternative (taken if condition is false):
          cout << "max(" << a << "," << b <<") is " << a << "\n";
  }
  
  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  