How do you swap two integer variables without using any if conditions, casting, or additional variables? [closed]

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There are two integer variables. Can you swap those integer variables without using any if conditions, without casting, and without using additional variables? For example:

int a = 10;
int b = 5;

a > b always. The answer should be a == 5 开发者_JAVA技巧and b == 10

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If you think you are being clever by not using 3rd variable then do some performance tests and you see that the much faster way is to use 3rd int to store the variable temporarily.

Anyways, i solved the problem with XOR bitwise operator:

a ^= b;
b ^= a;
a ^= b;

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a=a+b;
b=a-b;
a=a-b;

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It's a little trick.

int a = 5;
int b= 10;
a = a+b;
b = a-b; /* Really (a+b) - b i.e. a */
a = a-b; /* Really (a+b) - a i.e. b */

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simple try this

a=a+b;
b=a-b;
a=a-b;

and that's it

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yes you can do it By using plus/minus operation.

Example:
num1 = num1 + num2;                
num2 = num1 - num2;                
num1 = num1 - num2;

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a=a+b
b=a-b
a=a-b

That's it!