A = X > Y ? X : Y

[Skip Montanaro]

    Fredrik> umm.  to be precise, he asked for something equivalent to "the
    Fredrik> C command a = x > y ? x : y".  I'd say "a = max(x, y)" is a
    Fredrik> pretty good approximation ;-)

Dang!  There goes that effbot using his whole brain again!

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