abs(n) without conditional branching by DELTRON

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// ** The absolute value of n without introducing conditional branching - DELTRON 9/22/04 #include <iostream> using namespace std; void main(void) {     int n=-10;     for (int i=0; i<15; i++)     {         int result = ((1*(~n+1))*(n<0))+((n>0)*n);         printf("n = %i, abs(n) = %i\n",n,result);         n++;     }