#include #include #include #include #include #include std::vector split( const std::string & text , char delimiter ) { std::vector tokens ; std::istringstream istr { text } ; std::string word ; while ( std::getline( istr , word , delimiter ) ) tokens.push_back( word ) ; return tokens ; } int main( ) { std::cout << "Enter at least 4 integers separated by blanks!\n" ; std::string line ; std::getline( std::cin , line ) ; auto tokens { split( line , ' ' ) } ; std::vector numbers ; for ( auto s : tokens ) numbers.push_back( std::stoi( s ) ) ; int len = numbers.size( ) ; //if all numbers are positive or 0 or all are negative , we sort in //ascending order. In the first case, we subtract the product of the //two greatest numbers from the product of the 2 smallest. In the other //case , vice versa. //if the numbers are both positive and negative , we sort in ascending //order of absolute values bool allPositive = std::all_of( numbers.begin( ) , numbers.end( ) , []( int d ) {return d >= 0 ; } ) ; bool allNegative = std::all_of ( numbers.begin( ) , numbers.end( ) , []( int d ) { return d < 0 ; } ) ; if ( allPositive || allNegative ) { std::sort( numbers.begin( ) , numbers.end( )) ; if ( allPositive ) { std::cout << ( numbers[len - 2] * numbers[len - 1] - numbers[0] * numbers[1] ) << '\n' ; } if ( allNegative ) { std::cout << ( numbers[0] * numbers[1] - numbers[len - 2] * numbers[len - 1] ) << '\n' ; } } else { std::sort( numbers.begin( ) , numbers.end( ) , [](int a , int b) { return std::abs( a ) < std::abs( b ) ; } ) ; std::cout << ( numbers[0] * numbers[1] - numbers[len - 2] * numbers[len - 1]) << '\n' ; } return 0 ; }