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3.conditionally Assign A Value Without Using Conditional and Arithmetic Operators

The document describes how to conditionally assign a value to a variable y without using conditional or arithmetic operators. It proposes storing the possible values, a and b, in an array indexed by x. When x is 0, y is assigned the value at index 0 (a), and when x is 1, y is assigned the value at index 1 (b). Sample C/C++ and Python code demonstrates implementing this idea by initializing an array with a and b, indexing into it with x, and returning the result.

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3.conditionally Assign A Value Without Using Conditional and Arithmetic Operators

The document describes how to conditionally assign a value to a variable y without using conditional or arithmetic operators. It proposes storing the possible values, a and b, in an array indexed by x. When x is 0, y is assigned the value at index 0 (a), and when x is 1, y is assigned the value at index 1 (b). Sample C/C++ and Python code demonstrates implementing this idea by initializing an array with a and b, indexing into it with x, and returning the result.

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Conditionally assign a value without using conditional and arithmetic operators

Given 4 integers a, b, y, and x, where x can only either 0 and 1 only. The ask is as follows:

If 'x' is 0,
Assign value 'a' to variable 'y'
Else (If 'x' is 1)
Assign value 'b' to variable 'y'.

Note: – You are not allowed to use any conditional operator (including ternary operator) or any arithmetic operator ( +, -, *, /).

Examples :

Input : a = 5 , b = 10, x = 1
Output : y = 10

Input : a = 5, b = 10 , x = 0
Output : y = 5

Asked in : Google Interview

An Idea is to simply store both 'a' and 'b'


in an array at 0th and 1th index respectively.
Then store value to 'y' by taking 'x' as index.

Below is implementation

C/C++

// C/C++ program  to assign value to y according


// to value of x
  
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
  
// Function to assign value to y according
// to value of x
int assignValue(int a, int b, int x)
{
    int y;
    int arr[2];
  
    // Store both values in an array
    // value 'a' at 0th index
    arr[0] = a;
  
    // Value 'b' at 1th index
    arr[1] = b;
  
    // Assign value to 'y' taking 'x' as index
    y = arr[x];
  
    return y;
}
  
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int a = 5;
    int b = 10;
    int x = 0;
  
    cout << "Value assigned to 'y' is "
         << assignValue(a, b, x);
    return 0;
}

Python 3
# Python 3 program to assign value to 
# y according to value of x
  
# Function to assign value to y 
# according to value of x
def assignValue(a, b, x):
  
    arr = [0] * 2
  
    # Store both values in an array
    # value 'a' at 0th index
    arr[0] = a
  
    # Value 'b' at 1th index
    arr[1] = b
  
    # Assign value to 'y' taking 'x' 
    # as index
    y = arr[x]
  
    return y
  
# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__":
  
    a = 5
    b = 10
    x = 0
  
    print("Value assigned to 'y' is",
                assignValue(a, b, x))
  
# This code is contributed by ita_c

Output :
Value assigned to 'y' is 5

Reference : https://www.careercup.com/question?id=5135296679116800

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