Using pointers you can easily swap two variables without using an additional variable to store a temporary value. This is because instead of swapping values, you can swap addresses, as shown in this function:
void SwapSmart(int * a, int * b)
{
*a = *a xor *b;
*b = *b xor *a;
*a = *a xor *b;
}
by Ahmed Youssef on Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 at 02:47 AM
You may do something like this
void swap(int *a, int *b){
*a=*a+*b;
*b=*a-*b;
*a=*a-*b;
}
by sujith kumar on Monday, December 10th 2007 at 06:41 AM
Really Good
by Matt Lewis on Wednesday, January 16th 2008 at 09:35 PM
That would be what is known as the infamous Butterfly Switch.
by Dee on Friday, February 1st 2008 at 09:20 AM
ISO-C++ provides a swap function, so you don\'t need to write one yourself at all.
by A. Chakradhar Patro on Monday, February 4th 2008 at 01:36 AM
It is possible two swap 2 numbers without using arithmetic and bitwise operators?
If so how. Pl. send the code.
by A. Chakradhar Patro on Monday, February 4th 2008 at 01:39 AM
It is possible two swap 2 numbers without using arithmetic and bitwise operators?
If so how. Pl. send the code.
by Anand on Friday, February 15th 2008 at 05:58 AM
query..
how to swap to 2 numbers in one single text box using php program
by ruchita on Saturday, March 1st 2008 at 11:02 AM
its very simple
a=a+b;
b=a=b;
a=a-b
by ruchita on Saturday, March 1st 2008 at 11:03 AM
its very simple
a=a+b;
b=a-b;
a=a-b;
by vidya on Wednesday, March 5th 2008 at 04:56 AM
a = a ^ b
b= a ^ b
a = a^ b
by karan on Sunday, April 27th 2008 at 05:12 AM
thanks ruchita................!
by Fadi Awan on Monday, November 10th 2008 at 12:11 PM
Guys u're fantastic..........
by Fadi Awan on Monday, November 10th 2008 at 12:11 PM
Guys u're fantastic..........
by Joe on Thursday, November 20th 2008 at 06:38 AM
Thanks dude! u r fantastic
by abhishek on Friday, December 12th 2008 at 03:08 AM
you all are dangerous
by Jeyaprakash on Saturday, January 10th 2009 at 06:53 AM
Is this program suitable for values a=65534 and b=65533
by Viswa on Thursday, March 12th 2009 at 04:03 AM
Thank u
by 3mie on Thursday, March 12th 2009 at 02:23 PM
How about for character???
by Chiz on Tuesday, March 24th 2009 at 06:24 AM
How it will be looks like in C#?
by Purna Magum on Tuesday, April 7th 2009 at 05:25 AM
a=a*b;
b=a/b;
a=a/b;
by kshama porwal on Tuesday, September 8th 2009 at 02:15 PM
hi purna ,ur answer is not giving right value when the value of variable is 0.
by subhash on Sunday, September 20th 2009 at 12:04 PM
thik u........sol my problem.
by srikanth on Thursday, October 8th 2009 at 02:44 AM
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace ConsoleFunSwap
{
class Program
{
static void swap(int x,int y)
{
int c;
c = x;
x = y;
y = c;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int a, b;
a = 300;
b = 200;
swap(a, b);
System.Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}", a, b);
System.Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
"Here in values of a,b are swapped in function,
but when it come's to main again it's retaining its original values and i want the swapped values to be printed on console". if any one can help me out please.
by mani on Thursday, November 12th 2009 at 09:20 AM
how to swap two numbers using arithmetic operator.i want whole program.
by Syed Abbas Shamim Rizvi on Friday, January 8th 2010 at 11:32 PM
A=10
B=5
A=A B;
A=10 5
A=15
B=A-B;
B=15-5
B=10;
A=A-b;
A=15-10;
A=5
A=A B;
B=A-B;
A=A-B;
by Urmi on Monday, January 18th 2010 at 12:56 AM
Hey! Can anyone tell me how one would swap strings in C/C without using a third variable and using pointers? i tried using memcpy() the results were not very satisfying.
by Toby Lortz on Thursday, February 4th 2010 at 04:42 PM
@srikanth
This should work, you need to use "ref".
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace ConsoleFunSwap
{
class Program
{
static void swap(ref int x, ref int y)
{
int c;
c = x;
x = y;
y = c;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int a, b;
a = 300;
b = 200;
swap(ref a, ref b);
System.Console.WriteLine("{0}{1}", a, b);
System.Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
by varsha on Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 01:07 AM
thanx a lot.........
by varsha on Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 01:07 AM
thanx a lot.........
by jaanu on Saturday, March 6th 2010 at 09:10 PM
Hai .... plz tell me how to write a c program to swap 3 values using "class"..
by jaanu on Saturday, March 6th 2010 at 09:14 PM
How to write a c program using class to swap 3 values ..?