Mathematical operation to keep number not less than zero

Question

In programming, modulus is useful to keep numbers in range not exceeding an upper bound limit.

For example:

int value = 0;
for (int x=0; x<100; x++)
    cout << value++%8 << " "; //Keeps number in range 0-7

Output: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7...

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Now consider this situation:

int value = 5;
for (int x=0; x<100; x++)
    cout << value-- << " ";

Output: 5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7...

My question is: How to set the lower bound limit to 0 WITHOUT using any conditional statement like if or switch case?

Output I want: 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...

Answer 1

How about std::max?

int value = 5;
for (int x=0; x<100; x++) {
    cout << value << " ";
    value = std::max(0, --value);
}