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Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum

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On 12/18/22 5:59 PM, pozz wrote:
> Suppose you have two uint32_t variables (a and b) that you want to add 
> together and another uint32_t variable (max) that is the maximum that 
> the result could assume. A silly code could be:
> 
>    a += b;
>    if (a > max) {
>      a = max;
>    }
> 
> Of course, this doesn't work well for every values of a, b and max.
> 
> For example, for a=0xFFFF'FFFC, b=10 and max=0xFFFF'FFFE.
> 
> 
> Could you suggest a better method? I'm thinking of:
> 
>      a += b;
>      if ((a < b) || (a > max)) {
>          a = max;
>      }
> 
> And for decrement?
> 

Decrement is simple since b is unsigned:

   if(a < b) a = 0;
   else a -= b;


The increment case can be simplified a bit if we can assume "reasonable" 
values for b, such that b <= max to:

   if(a > max-b) a = max;
   else a += b;

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Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2022-12-18 23:59 +0100
  Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2022-12-18 15:07 -0800
  Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-12-18 19:25 -0500
  Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-12-18 16:41 -0800
  Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2022-12-19 14:39 +0000
  Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2022-12-20 13:44 +0000
    Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2022-12-20 13:54 +0000
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      Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2022-12-20 18:21 +0000
      Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-20 12:52 -0800
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          Re: Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-12-23 13:53 -0800

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