Question

Given the integer variables x and y, write a fragment of code that assigns the larger of x and y to another integer variable max.

Answer 1

Answer:

if ( x > y ) {

    max = x;

}

else {

    max = y;

}

Explanation:

Assumptions:

(i) Variables x, y and max have been defined.

(ii) Since the question does not specify what to do if x and y are equal, I have assumed no such case exists. i.e x and y are never equal.

PS : The code has been written in Java.

According to the question, the larger of variables x and y is assigned to another variable, max.

To check which of x and y is greater, we could use an if...else statement like so;

if ( x > y ) {      // check if x is greater than y

  max = x;      // if yes, assign the value of x to max

}

else {             // then y is greater

 max = y;      // assign the value of y to max

}