Middle of three using minimum comparisons | java program to find middle of three distinct numbers ; Function to find the middle of three number ; x is positive if a is greater than b . x is negative if b is greater than a . ; Similar to x ; Similar to x and y . ; Checking if b is middle ( x and y both are positive ) ; Checking if c is middle ( x and z both are positive ) ; driver code
import java . util . * ; class Middle { public static int middleOfThree ( int a , int b , int c ) { int x = a - b ; int y = b - c ; int z = a - c ; if ( x * y > 0 ) return b ; else if ( x * z > 0 ) return c ; else return a ; } public static void main ( String [ ] args ) { int a = 20 , b = 30 , c = 40 ; System . out . println ( middleOfThree ( a , b , c ) ) ; } }