compare two strings

[irmako]

Hi everyone
I need to create function which compares two strings and finds maximum of them.
I have tried this code

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
inline string max(string, string);
int main()
{
string r, j;
cin>>r>>j;
}
inline string max(string a, string b)
{
	string max=a;
	if(max<b) max=b;
	return max;
}

but it doesn't work; Is it wrong? if someone can help me I'll be grateful

[Peter87]

What is it that doesn't work? Maybe you have to include <string>.