>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Robert> I see what you mean
Robert> I assume the following would be a better way of going at it
Robert> $max = $min = $data[0];
Robert> foreach $val (@data) {
Robert> $min = $val<$min ? $val:$min;
Robert> $max = $val>$max ? $val:$max;
Robert> }
But read the rest of the thread. For small and medium-sized data, the
built-in sort beats this code, as counter-intuitive as that seems.
There's probably some threshold at which the linear scan method burns
less CPU than a sort, but not for reasonable data. :)
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