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Question by maddy
Submitted on 12/14/2003
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is it possible to find the greater of two numbers without using any relational operators at all ?!!...

Answer by santhu
Submitted on 12/29/2003
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this code works only for integers if((int)m/n) { printf("m is greater"); } else { printf("n is greater"); }

Answer by student
Submitted on 6/23/2004
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#define max(a,b) (((a+b)+abs(a-b))/2) #define min(a,b) (((a+b)-abs(a-b))/2)

Answer by haris
Submitted on 9/9/2004
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//This works with 32 bit numbers. //Use appropriate mask otherwise. ((a-b) & 0x40000000)?printf("b is greater"):printf("a is greater");

Answer by Sivaramakrishnan
Submitted on 1/23/2006
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#include<stdio.h> #include<math.h> int main() { int i,j; scanf("%d%d",&a,&b); printf("Greater Number is %d",(a+b+abs(a-b))/2); return 0; }

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