AUCTION-Editorial

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Setter: Jeevan Jyot Singh
Tester: Satyam, Jatin Garg
Editorialist: Kiran

DIFFICULTY:

330

PREREQUISITES:

None

PROBLEM:

Alice, Bob, and Charlie are bidding for an artifact at an auction. Alice, Bob and Charlie bids for A rupees, B rupees and C rupees respectively. According to the rules of the auction, the person who bids the highest amount will win the auction. The objective is to find the winner.

EXPLANATION:

  • The objective of this problem is to input three distinct values, compare its values
    and return the highest value.

  • We input three distinct values to three variables A, B & C (representing Alice, Bob, and Charlie). Let’s compare the three variables using a max function and return the highest value.

  • Solution:

  1. If A has the max value, Alice is the winner.

  2. If B has the max value, Bob is the winner.

  3. If C has the max value, Charlie is the winner.

TIME COMPLEXITY:

O(1)

SOLUTION:

Editorialist's Solution 
int t;
    cin>>t;
    for(int i=0;i<t;i++)
    {
        int a,b,c,d;
        cin>>a>>b>>c;
        d=max(a,max(b,c));
        if(d==a)
        cout<<"Alice"<<"\n";
        else if(d==b)
        cout<<"Bob"<<"\n";
        else
        cout<<"Charlie"<<"\n";
        
    }