# Need a math function [closed]

This function take 2 integer and if both int are positive return 0, if the first is positive and the second is negative return 1, if both are negative return 2 and if the first is negative and the second is positive return 3.

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What about this function: $$f(x,y)=\begin{cases} 0& x>0, y>0\\ 1& x>0, y<0\\ 2& x<0,y<0\\ 3& x<0,y>0\\ ??& x=0\text{ or }y=0\end{cases}$$ –  Asaf Karagila Apr 20 '12 at 19:54
@Pioz, What if both are zero? –  Julius Apr 20 '12 at 19:57
Pioz, what you have described is a function from $\mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z} \setminus (0,0) \to \mathbb{Z}$ –  The Chaz 2.0 Apr 20 '12 at 19:57
See what happened here? Two users came to MSE especially for a question and an answer that would have been more than reasonable on SO but verges off-topic on MSE. –  Asaf Karagila Apr 20 '12 at 19:59
This is hardly a math question. –  copper.hat Apr 20 '12 at 20:02

## closed as off topic by Asaf Karagila, The Chaz 2.0, Beni Bogosel, Kannappan Sampath, RasmusApr 20 '12 at 21:18

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In C your may write (with ^ the 'xor') :

(y<0)^(3*(x<0))

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Consider a one-argument function $g(x)$ that is equal $1$ if $x$ is negative, and $0$ if $x$ is positive.

Then a possible answer is $$f(x,y)=2\cdot g(x)+g(y)$$

Now pick you favorite $g(x)$, for example, $$g(x)=\frac{1-sign(x)}{2}$$

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Maybe this will help:

#include <math.h>

int func(int a, int b)
{
int sa = (a > 0) - (a < 0);
int sb = (b > 0) - (b < 0);
return (-sa+1) + (-sb+1)/2;
}


It works this way:

+---+---+----+----+------+
| a | b | sa | sb | func |
+---+---+----+----+------+
| + | + | +1 | +1 |    0 |
| + | - | +1 | -1 |    1 |
| - | + | -1 | +1 |    2 |
| - | - | -1 | -1 |    3 |
+---+---+----+----+------+


But it wrong when a or b is equal 0.