Brain Teaser
Shawn H. Oesterle
oesterle at wpi.wpi.edu
Wed Mar 28 04:23:30 AEST 1990
Problem:
Swap two pointers without using a third pointer.
Example:
{
void * x, * y, * tmp;
tmp = x;
x = y;
y = x;
}
Make a piece of code which has the same effect as this, but without
using the 'tmp' variable (in C, of course).
Hint:
Two numbers may be swaped without using any other memory by executing
the following statements:
int x, y; /* or you can chose double, long, etc. */
x += y;
y = x - y;
x -= y;
Answer:
I don't know, that's why I'm asking you!
Shawn Oesterle {oesterle at wpi.wpi.edu}
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