Biggest and smallest of four integers (No arrays, no functions, fewest 'if' statements)

Question

You see, I\'ve self-taught myself C++ (not completely, I\'m still procrastinating -_-). So, now I started university and they\'re teaching C and they made us do a program of

Answer 1

Try this

int max_of_four(int a,int b,int c,int d){
    int max=a;
    if(b>max) max=b;
    if(c>max) max=c;
    if(d>max) max=d;
    return max;
}

without if would be like this

int max_of_four(int a, int b, int c, int d) {
    return ((a > b && a > c && a > d) ? a: ((b > c && b > d) ? b : (c > d ? c : d)));
}