Mathematically Find Max Value without Conditional Comparison

Question

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Answer 1

//Assuming 32 bit integers 
int is_diff_positive(int num)
{
    ((num & 0x80000000) >> 31) ^ 1; // if diff positive ret 1 else 0
}
int sign(int x)
{
   return ((num & 0x80000000) >> 31);
}

int flip(int x)
{
   return x ^ 1;
}

int max(int a, int b)
{
  int diff = a - b;

  int is_pos_a = sign(a);
  int is_pos_b = sign(b);

  int is_diff_positive = diff_positive(diff);
  int is_diff_neg = flip(is_diff_positive);

  // diff (a - b) will overflow / underflow if signs are opposite
  // ex: a = INT_MAX , b = -3 then a - b => INT_MAX - (-3) => INT_MAX + 3
  int can_overflow = is_pos_a ^ is_pos_b;
  int cannot_overflow = flip(can_overflow);
  int res = (cannot_overflow * ( (a * is_diff_positive) + (b * 
            is_diff_negative)) + (can_overflow * ( (a * is_pos_a) + (b * 
            is_pos_b)));

  return res;

}