Cracking the interview 19.4

gistfile1.txt

public class Question194
{
  public static int getMax(int a, int b) {
    int c = a - b;
    int k = ( c >> 31) & 0x1;
    return a - k * c;
  }
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int a = 5;
    int b = 6;
    
    System.out.println("Expected(6):" + getMax(a, b) );
    
  }
}