On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Roel Schroeven <r...@roelschroeven.net> wrote:
> Joseph Gulizia schreef op 2015-08-20 05:12:
>>
>> Assume that the grader defines two variables A and B for you. Write a
>> program which prints out the value
>> min(A, B)
>>
>> However, there is a catch: your program is not allowed to use the min
>> function. Instead, use max in a clever way to simulate min.
>> --------------------------------------
>> Code that gave best results but didn't work for negative numbers...
>> --------------------------------------
>>
>> Original = abs(max (-A, -B))
>> print (Original)
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> Did not pass tests.
>
>
> You change the sign of A and B before passing them to max(). To revert that
> afterwards, you just need to change the sign of the result again.
>
> abs() indeed doesn't work for that: it only changes the sign on negative
> numbers, not on positive numbers.
>
>
> Regards,
> Roel
>
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>
> Roel Schroeven
>
so:
print -max(-A, -B)
>
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