I'm not quite sure why all this study is being put into something like this. Why not just use the < sign or functions like thomas pointed out? Writing clever code is just going to break things in the end. On Jan 2, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Thomas Hruska wrote:
> Anup Joshi wrote: > > Hello Friends, > > Just to continue my topic i have found two other techniques from the > > internet to find biggest number of given two numbers. i have pasted one > > of them below > > > > int x; // we want to find the minimum of x and y > > int y; > > int r; // the result goes here > > > > r = y ^ ((x ^ y)& -(x< y)); // min(x, y) > > r = x ^ ((x ^ y)& -(x< y)); // max(x, y) > > > > i am not really getting how this code works, will spend some time in > > understanding it. the other logic with even other topics can be found at > > http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#IntegerMinOrMax > > all credits goes to the author(s) of the above page, i have mailed this > > just for your info. ;-) > > > > Regards > > > > anup > > There is a saying, "Write code like the next person who has to maintain > it is a serial killer who knows where you live." That statement applies > to this whole thread. There are only three acceptable ways to determine > the biggest number of two numbers in C (in order of decreasing clarity): > > int x = 1, y = 2, z; > > z = MAX(x, y); > > z = (x > y ? x : y); > > if (x > y) z = x; > else z = y; > > Anything else will get you killed by aforementioned serial killer > programmer. > > -- > Thomas Hruska > CubicleSoft President > Ph: 517-803-4197 > > *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 > Get on task. Stay on task. > > http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[email protected]>.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
