Find maximum of three number in C without using conditional statement and ternary operator

Question

I have to find maximum of three number provided by user but with some restrictions. Its not allowed to use any conditional statement. I tried using ternary operator like bel

Answer 1

No conditionals. Only a cast to uint. Perfect solution.

int abs (a) { return (int)((unsigned int)a); }
int max (a, b) { return (a + b + abs(a - b)) / 2; }
int min (a, b) { return (a + b - abs(a - b)) / 2; }


void sort (int & a, int & b, int & c)
{
   int max = max(max(a,b), c);
   int min = min(min(a,b), c);
   int middle = middle = a + b + c - max - min;
   a = max;
   b = middle;
   c = min;
}