The way it was proceeding, I knew that much more is yet to come!

Anyway I can think of one method as below.

-Initialize 32 Flags ( FLG_01 to FLG_32 to zero.

-Have 32 comparisons like the one I had given earlier to cover all cases. At the end of First comparison Set FLG_01 if Var_02 is greater than Var_01 else leave it cleared.

-Carry out the above for all 32 cases.

-At the end of it all, you will have a 4 Byte value that is made up of all the flags.

-Use a look up table and transfer the required result to your SAME variable.

I am sure once this first level algorithm is put in place, you yourself can come up with ideas to optimize the code further.

Raghu