Question

I’m writing a program that is supposed to generate four random integers (from 1 to 6), then discard the lowest value and add the remaining three together. I created four variables with

int var1 = rand.nextInt(6)+1;
int var2 = rand.nextInt(6)+1;
int var3 = rand.nextInt(6)+1;
int var4 = rand.nextInt(6)+1;

How would I get the program to detect the smallest variable? (or the variable tied for smallest) I think I may have a method, but it would be very long and tedious to write and I’m sure there’s a simpler way that I’m just not realizing.

Answer 1

Don’t bother detecting until after the add.

return var1 + var2 + var3 + var4 - min(var1, min(var2, min(var3, var4)));