Compare two integers without using any Comparison operator

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 04 Mar, 2021

Given two integers A & B. Task is to check if A and B are same or not without using comparison operators.
Examples:

Input : A = 5 , B = 6
Output : 0

Input : A = 5 , B = 5 
Output : 1

Note : 1 = "YES" and 0 = "NO"

idea is pretty simple we do Xor of both element ( A , B ) . if Xor is zero then two number are equal else not .
Below is the implementation of above idea :

C++

// C++ program to compare two integers witout
// any comparison operator.
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// function return true if A ^ B > 0  else false
bool EqualNumber(int A, int B)
{
   return ( A ^ B ) ;
}
 
// Driver program
int main()
{
  int A = 5 , B = 6;
  cout << !EqualNumber(A, B) << endl;
  return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to compare two integers witout
// any comparison operator.
import java.util.*;
 
class solution
{
 
// function return true if A ^ B > 0 else false
static boolean EqualNumber(int A, int B)
{
     
  if ((A^B) != 0)
   return true;
  else
   return false;
}
 
// Driver program
public static void main(String args[])
{
int A = 5 , B = 6;
if(EqualNumber(A, B) == false)
 System.out.println(1);
else
 System.out.println(0);
 
}
}
// This code is contributed by
// Surendra_Gangwar

Python3

# Python3 program to compare two integers
# without any comparison operator.
 
# Function return true if
# A ^ B > 0 else false
def EqualNumber(A, B):
 
    return ( A ^ B )
 
# Driver Code
A = 5; B = 6
print(int(not(EqualNumber(A, B))))
 
# This code is contributed by Smitha Dinesh Semwal.

C#

// C# program to compare two integers
// without any comparison operator.
using System;
 
class GFG
{
// function return true if
// A ^ B > 0 else false
static bool EqualNumber(int A, int B)
{
    if(( A ^ B ) > 0)
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main()
{
    int A = 5 , B = 6;
    if(!EqualNumber(A, B) == false)
        Console.WriteLine("0");
    else
        Console.WriteLine("1");
}
}
 
// This code is contributed
// by Akanksha Rai

PHP

<?php
// PHP program to compare two integers
// without any comparison operator.
 
// function return true if
// A ^ B > 0 else false
function EqualNumber($A, $B)
{
return ( $A ^ $B ) ;
}
 
// Driver Code
$A = 5 ;
$B = 6;
echo ((int)!(EqualNumber($A, $B))) . "\n";
 
// This code is contributed
// by ChitraNayal
?>

Javascript

<script>
 
// JavaScript program to compare two integers witout
// any comparison operator.
 
// function return true if A ^ B > 0 else false
function EqualNumber(A, B)
{
return ( A ^ B ) ;
}
 
// Driver program
 
let A = 5 , B = 6; 
if(!EqualNumber(A, B) == false)
    document.write("0"); 
else
    document.write("1"); 
  
 
// This code is contributed by Surbhi Tyagi.
 
</script>

Output:

Reference :http://stackoverflow.com/questions/476800/comparing-two-integers-without-any-comparison
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