#include <pthread.h> 
#include <unistd.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <stdio.h> 
#include <time.h> 
 
int val=0; 
 
void *foo(void *arg) 
{ 
    sleep(*(int *)arg); 
    val = *(int *)arg; 
    return NULL; 
} 
 
int main() 
{ 
    // select two random numbers from 1 to 10 
    srand(time(NULL)); 
    int a=1 + rand() % 10; 
    int b=1 + rand() % 10; 
    printf("inputs are %d %d\n\n", a, b); 
    fflush(stdout); 
    // print the larger of the two without using any conditional statements 
    pthread_t t[2]; 
    pthread_create(&t[0],NULL,foo,(void *)&a); 
    pthread_create(&t[1],NULL,foo,(void *)&b); 
    pthread_join(t[0],NULL); 
    pthread_join(t[1],NULL);     
    printf("the larger number is %d\n",val); 
    return 0; 
}