JavaScript: Check a number from three given numbers where two numbers are equal, find the third one

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JavaScript Basic: Exercise-111 with Solution

Find Unique Number Among Three

Write a JavaScript program to check a number from three given numbers where two numbers are equal. Find the third one.

Visual Presentation:

JavaScript: Check a number from three given numbers where two numbers are equal, find the third one.

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

// Function to find the third number that is different from the other two given numbers
function find_third_number(x, y, z) {
  // Check if all three numbers are unequal
  if ((x !== y) && (x !== z) && (y !== z)) {
    return "Three numbers are unequal."; // Return a message if all three numbers are unequal
  }
  
  // Check if the first number is equal to the second number
  if (x === y) {
    return z; // Return the third number if the first and second numbers are equal
  }

  // Check if the first number is equal to the third number
  if (x === z) {
    return y; // Return the second number if the first and third numbers are equal
  }

  return x; // Return the first number (default case when second and third numbers are equal)
}

// Example usage of the function
console.log(find_third_number(1, 2, 2)); // Output: 1 (the third number different from the other two: 1)
console.log(find_third_number(1, 1, 2)); // Output: 2 (the third number different from the other two: 2)
console.log(find_third_number(1, 2, 3)); // Output: "Three numbers are unequal." (all three numbers are different)

Output:

1
2
Three numbers are unequal.

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Flowchart:

ES6 Version:

// Function to find the third number that is different from the other two given numbers
const find_third_number = (x, y, z) => {
  if (x !== y && x !== z && y !== z) {
    return "Three numbers are unequal."; // Return if all three numbers are different
  }
  if (x === y) {
    return z; // Return 'z' if 'x' and 'y' are equal
  }
  if (x === z) {
    return y; // Return 'y' if 'x' and 'z' are equal
  }
  return x; // Return 'x' if 'y' and 'z' are equal or all three are equal
};

// Example usage of the function
console.log(find_third_number(1, 2, 2)); // Output: 1 (x = 1, y = 2, z = 2, third number different from other two: 1)
console.log(find_third_number(1, 1, 2)); // Output: 2 (x = 1, y = 1, z = 2, third number different from other two: 2)
console.log(find_third_number(1, 2, 3)); // Output: "Three numbers are unequal." (All three numbers are different)

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

Write a JavaScript program that identifies the unique number among three inputs when two of them are equal.
Write a JavaScript function that compares three numbers and returns the one that differs from the other two.
Write a JavaScript program that accepts three numbers and determines the unique value when the other two are identical.

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