Given the integer variables x and y, write a fragment of code that assigns the larger of x and y to another integer variable max.

if (x > y) {

max = x;

}

else {

max = y;

}

Explanation:

Assumptions:

(i) Variables x, y and max have been defined.

(ii) Since the question does not specify what to do if x and y are equal, I have assumed no such case exists. i. e x and y are never equal.

PS : The code has been written in Java.

According to the question, the larger of variables x and y is assigned to another variable, max.

To check which of x and y is greater, we could use an if ... else statement like so;

if (x > y) { / / check if x is greater than y

max = x; / / if yes, assign the value of x to max

}

else { / / then y is greater

max = y; / / assign the value of y to max

}