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Usr_Dev
Usr_Dev

Reputation: 75

how to resolve this using min and max functions but no conditional statements

def clip(lo, x, hi):
    '''
    Takes in three numbers and returns a value based on the value of x.
    Returns:
     - lo, when x < lo
     - hi, when x > hi
     - x, otherwise
    '''

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1135

Answers (1)

Mahi
Mahi

Reputation: 21969

Use x = max(low, x) to get the bigger one out of the two; if x is smaller than low, max() will return low. Else it'll return x.

Now that you got the bigger one out of the two, you need to use x = min(high, x) to get the smaller one out of the new x and high.

When combined, you get:

def clip(low, x, high):  # Why not use full names?
    x = max(low, x)
    x = min(high, x)
    return x

Which can be further shortened to:

def clip(low, x, high):
    return min(high, max(low, x))

Upvotes: 6

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