How would you find the smallest of 4 numbers without using comparison operators or the min function in Java?

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Finding smallest of 4 numbers without using >.< and min function in Java.

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class sub {

static int smallest(int x, int y, int z)

{

int c = 0;

while (x != 0 && y != 0 && z != 0) {

x--;

y--;

z--;

c++;

}

return c;

}

public static void main(String[] args)

{

int x = 12, y = 15, z = 5;

System.out.printf("Minimum of 3"

+ " numbers is %d",

smallest(x, y, z));

}

In loop subtract each x, y and z with 1, and increment c by 1, the number that will get 0 first is the smallest one.

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