In this article, we will discuss one of the famous interview question on how to swap two numbers using third or temporary variable
Actually, there are n number of ways to achieve swap program but here we will focus on swapping 2 numbers using third or temporary variable
Swapping 2 numbers:
- Initially there are 2 numbers firstNum and secondNum and we are interested to swap these 2 numbers
- Declare third variable called iTempVar
- Now for swapping,
- 1st assign firstNum value into iTempVar
- 2nd assign secondNum value into firstNum
- Finally, assign iTempVar into firstNum
- This way we will achieve in swapping 2 numbers
Swap2NumbersUsingThirdVariable.java
package in.bench.resources.swap.numbers;
public class Swap2NumbersUsingThirdVariable {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int firstNum = 33;
int secondNum = 66;
int iTempVar;
// original values before swap
System.out.println("Before swap of 2 numbers :");
System.out.println("First Number : " + firstNum);
System.out.println("Second Number : " + secondNum);
// swapping 2 numbers using third/temporary variable
iTempVar = firstNum; // 1n=33, 2n=66, tn=33
firstNum = secondNum; // 1n=66, 2n=66, tn=33
secondNum = iTempVar; // 1n=66, 2n=33, tn=33
// original values before swap
System.out.println("\nAfter swap of 2 numbers :");
System.out.println("First Number : " + firstNum);
System.out.println("Second Number : " + secondNum);
}
}
Output:
Before swap of 2 numbers :
First Number : 33
Second Number : 66
After swap of 2 numbers :
First Number : 66
Second Number : 33
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