I think it's a bug.
Jmol.___JmolVersion="14.3.13_2015.04.02"
bug fix: [3 4 5].min should give integer 3, not decimal 3.0 (same with .max)
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu> wrote:
> Good point - yes, it does return a decimal every time. Could look into
> that.
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Rolf Huehne <rhue...@fli-leibniz.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> in Jmol 14.3.13_2015.04.01b the minimum and maximum modifier functions
>> '.min' and '.max' change unexpectedly (at least for me) the type of the
>> result for integer variables to decimal.
>>
>> --- Examples -----------
>> function minMaxTest(x, y) {
>> var minValue = [x, y].min;
>> var maxValue = [x, y].max;
>> print "x=" + x + "; xType=" + x.type;
>> print "y=" + y + "; yType=" + y.type;
>> print "minValue=" + minValue + "; minValueType=" + minValue.type;
>> print "maxValue=" + maxValue + "; maxValueType=" + maxValue.type;
>> print "-----";
>> }
>> minMaxTest(1, 2);
>> minMaxTest(1.0, 2.0);
>> minMaxTest("1", "2");
>> minMaxTest("1",2.0)
>>
>> --- Example Output -----
>> x=1; xType=integer
>> y=2; yType=integer
>> minValue=1.0; minValueType=decimal
>> maxValue=2.0; maxValueType=decimal
>> -----
>> x=1.0; xType=decimal
>> y=2.0; yType=decimal
>> minValue=1.0; minValueType=decimal
>> maxValue=2.0; maxValueType=decimal
>> -----
>> x=1; xType=string
>> y=2; yType=string
>> minValue=1.0; minValueType=decimal
>> maxValue=2.0; maxValueType=decimal
>> -----
>> x=1; xType=string
>> y=2.0; yType=decimal
>> minValue=1.0; minValueType=decimal
>> maxValue=2.0; maxValueType=decimal
>> -----
>> ------------------------
>>
>> It looks like it is intended that the result is always decimal.
>> If this is the case I would recommend to mention this in the scripting
>> documentation, since it is not obvious to everyone for a set of integer
>> values.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rolf
>>
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