On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Dharmendra Rai wrote:
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> my $ret_val;
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> my $i;
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> if ($#your_array < 0){
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> ## do appropriate thing
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> }
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> elsif ($#your_array == 0){ ## return the only value it has}
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> ## following is the ELSE part
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> for (my $i = 0; i < $#your_array; ++i)
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> {
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> $ret_val = your_array[i+1];
Do you test your code, this is a syntax error
$your_array[i+1];
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> $ret_val = your_array[i] if (your_array[i] > your_array[i+1]);
Same here. Use the ternary operator for this
$ret_val = ($your_array[i] > $your_array[i+1]) ? $your_array[i] : $your_array[i+1];
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> }
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> ## $ret_val contains the max number.
This is C style coding, Felix had already posted a soln on similar lines.
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