Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum

From	pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Increment/decrement a variable with a maximum
Date	2022-12-18 23:59 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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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?

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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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