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Asked: 2026-05-13T23:57:49+00:00

I recently encountered with this question: How to reduce this expression: s>73?61:60; . The

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I recently encountered with this question: How to reduce this expression: s>73?61:60;.

The hint given was that Instead of using conditional operator we could use a simple comparison which will work fine.

I am not sure but I think it is possible with some GCC extension,although I am unable to figure it out myself.

EDIT:The whole expression is this : s-=s>73?61:60

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just like the other answers:

    s -= (s > 73) + 60;

    This expression works because the spec defines the results of the relational operators. Section 6.5.8 paragraph 6:

    Each of the operators < (less than), > (greater than), <= (less than or equal to), and >= (greater than or equal to) shall yield 1 if the specified relation is true and 0 if it is false. The result has type int.

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