Gotcha...thanks... Rick
> -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Gaughan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:36 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Max value of 3 variables > > > Rick Faircloth wrote: > > >>Or #arrayMax(listToArray(numbers))# > > > >>For flexibility, how about this: ListFirst(ListSort(numbers,'numeric')) > > > > > > And how, exactly, would these assist in obtaining > > the top value of 3 numbers? > > > > Does "arrayMax" put the maximum value first in the array? > > No, it searches the array and returns the maximum value in it. > > > I guess "ListFirst(ListSort(..." would put the maximum value > first in the > > list? > > No, it doesn't touch the list except to sort it, and then return the > first value in the list. > > If it's just three numbers, then Max(Max(a, b), c) is fine, but as the > saying goes, "two is an impossible number"[1]: it's worth generalising > this to cope with any number of values, which is what everybody was > doing. > > K. > > [1] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TwoIsAnImpossibleNumber > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203080 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
