Frank wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 01:17:50PM +0100, Andrea wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >"Jeff 'Japhy' Pinyan" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > >>I have a set of functions that give numeric results, and I need to compare them >and choose the > > >>maximal value. Is there any simple way of finding max? > > > > Don't think about it, > > just use the CPAN module List::Util. > > > > Then you only have to write > > my $max = max @values; > ---end quoted text--- > > or: > $max= (sort @values)[-1];
That doesn't seems like a good sollution, @a = (-1, -5, -3); $max= (sort @a)[-1]; gives -5 as max, it is max min but not max :) > > Personally, I'd prefer Japhy's method for efficiency. same here, it's straightforward /jon > > -- > Frank Booth - Consultant > Parasol Solutions Limited. > (www.parasolsolutions.com) > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
