Program to find largest and smallest among 5 numbers without using array

Question

Yesterday I went for an interview where I have been asked to create a program to find largest and smallest among 5 numbers without using array.

I know how to create

Answer 1

The > and < are transitive properties, so if a > b and b > c, then a > c. So you can

int a=10, b=6, c=4, d=21, e=4;

int maxNum = a;
int maxNum = max(b, maxNum);
int maxNum = max(c, maxNum);
int maxNum = max(d, maxNum);
int maxNum = max(e, maxNum);