Function templates (part 1)

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Motivation and introduction
Defining and using function templates
Questions

This lesson contains approximately 17 minutes of video content.

Motivation and introduction

Defining and using function templates

Questions

QFunction templates, Q1

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To define a function template, we use the keyword , followed by the type parameters that we’d like to announce inside angled brackets. Carefully fill in the blank with the correct keyword.

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QFunction templates, Q2

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To introduce a type parameter, we use the keyword . Carefully fill in the blank with the correct keyword.

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QFunction templates, Q3

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Given the following code block,

template <typename T>
T MinimumValue(T a, T b) {
  return (b > a) ? a : b;
}

which of the following statements is true about template parameter T?

`T` can be instantiated with _any_ arbitrary type.

`T` can be instantiated with _any_ comparable type.

`T` can be instantiated with _any_ concrete type.

`T` cannot be instantiated with an `std::string`.

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