Java subtract two ints, result should be a minimum of zero

Question

I want to subtract one integer from another, and the result should floor at 0. So 2 minus 4 should equal 0. I could just do

int result = x - y;
if (result < 0) result = 0;

But is there a more elegant way?

Answer 1

int result = Math.max(0, x - y);