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

#include 

int main(void) {

int int_1, int_2, int_3, int_4;
int pair_1_largest = 0, pair_1_smallest = 0;
int pair_2_largest = 0, pair_2_smallest = 0;
int quartet_largest = 0, quartet_smallest = 0;

printf("Example: 15 38 8 21\n");

printf("\nEnter four integers: ");
scanf("%d %d %d %d", &int_1, &int_2, &int_3, &int_4);

if(int_1 > int_2)
{
    pair_1_largest = int_1;
    pair_1_smallest = int_2;
}
else
{
    pair_1_largest = int_2;
    pair_1_smallest = int_1;
}

if(int_3 > int_4)
{
    pair_2_largest = int_3;
    pair_2_smallest = int_4;
}
else
{
    pair_2_largest = int_4;
    pair_2_smallest = int_3;
}

if(pair_1_largest > pair_2_largest)
    quartet_largest = pair_1_largest;
else
    quartet_largest = pair_2_largest;

if(pair_1_smallest < pair_2_smallest)
    quartet_smallest = pair_1_smallest;
else
    quartet_smallest = pair_2_smallest;

printf("The largest number is: %d\n", quartet_largest);
printf("The smallest number is: %d\n", quartet_smallest);

return 0;

}

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