How to compute the integer absolute value without using if condition.
I guess we need to use some bitwise operation.
Can anybody help?
How to compute the integer absolute value without using if condition. I guess we
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How to compute the integer absolute value without using if condition.
I guess we need to use some bitwise operation.
Can anybody help?
Set the mask as right shift of integer by 31 (assuming integers are stored as two’s-complement 32-bit values and that the right-shift operator does sign extension).
XOR the mask with number
Subtract mask from result of step 2 and return the result.