Find Mean 3 Numbers

[eNc]

Hi how do you find the mean of 3 numbers if you can't use if statements, for loops, loops, arrays, basically nothing more advanced than Math.max function.

[Andy]

i dont see how any competent programmer can not noe how to do that??? float avg=(num1+num2+num3)/3.0;

[wtd]

I think maybe he's talking about "median".

Psuedocode:

code:

max(min(number_1, number2), number_3)

[eNc]

omg wtd yea thats wut i meant, ty so much u saved me again!


omg man ure my hero man omg i'm so happy, i have this comp sci test tomrrow and omg i got the scoop on the question and omg! ! ! i was like stuk and u saved me omg ure my hero i'm so happy 20 bits 2 u

[zylum]

wtd wrote:

I think maybe he's talking about "median".

Psuedocode:

code:

max(min(number_1, number2), number_3)

i think you meant

code:

min(max(number_1, number_2), number_3)

[wtd]

zylum wrote:

wtd wrote:

I think maybe he's talking about "median".

Psuedocode:

code:

max(min(number_1, number2), number_3)

i think you meant

code:

min(max(number_1, number_2), number_3)

Yes, of course, thank you.

[eNc]

wtd wrote:

zylum wrote:

wtd wrote:

I think maybe he's talking about "median".

Psuedocode:

code:

max(min(number_1, number2), number_3)

i think you meant

code:

min(max(number_1, number_2), number_3)

Yes, of course, thank you.

well yea slight error but he meant it the other way i'm not an idiot i understood what he ment.

[wtd]

eNc wrote:

i'm not an idiot

But I am!

[eNc]

wtd wrote:

eNc wrote:

i'm not an idiot

But I am!

I DISAGREE

[rizzix]

haha.. now think about this.. if a person says he's an idiot.. you should never disagree.. by disagreeing you have acknowledge your self more of an idiot than he/she is.. so you should always agree LOL

[Hikaru79]

eNc wrote:

i have this comp sci test tomrrow and omg i got the scoop on the question and omg! ! !

Probably not a good idea to say that aloud. Especially not on a forum that a few teachers lurk around on.

[McKenzie]

I hate to extend an already overdone topic ... but

code:

min(max(number_1, number_2), number_3)

???
min(max(5,10),0) is 0
and clearly median is 5.

[bugzpodder]

median=a+b+c-(a>=b&&a>=c?ab>=a&&b>=c?b:c))-(a<=b&&a<=c?ab<=a&&b<=c?b:c));

equilvalently,

median=a+b+c-Math.Max(Math.Max(a,b),c)-Math.Min(Math.Min(b,c),a);

[wtd]

McKenzie wrote:

I hate to extend an already overdone topic ... but

code:

min(max(number_1, number_2), number_3)

???
min(max(5,10),0) is 0
and clearly median is 5.

Yes, we covered this. I'm a moron.

[eNc]

Hikaru79 wrote:

eNc wrote:

i have this comp sci test tomrrow and omg i got the scoop on the question and omg! ! !

Probably not a good idea to say that aloud. Especially not on a forum that a few teachers lurk around on.

my teach doens' t know about his... yet