Re: Finding the index of the maximum value in an associative array
On Tuesday, 30 May 2017 at 17:57:04 UTC, Lyle wrote: Hi, I have an associative array of type int[ulong] and I'm trying to get the index of the maximum value, like this: int[ulong] aa = [1UL: 2000, 2UL: 5000, 5UL: 1000]; writeln(aa.maxIndex); // should print 2 Can anyone help me out? Many thanks, Lyle Simple enough: get all key/values pairs in the AA, and ask for the element which is the maximum relatively to the value, then take its key. auto maxIndex(int[ulong] aa) { import std.algorithm; return aa.byKeyValue .maxElement!(x => x.value) .key; }
Re: Finding the index of the maximum value in an associative array
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 05:57:04PM +, Lyle via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > Hi, > > I have an associative array of type int[ulong] and I'm trying to get > the index of the maximum value, like this: > > int[ulong] aa = [1UL: 2000, > 2UL: 5000, > 5UL: 1000]; > > writeln(aa.maxIndex); // should print 2 > > Can anyone help me out? [...] Try this: void main() { import std.algorithm.iteration : fold; import std.array : byPair; import std.stdio : writeln; int[ulong] aa = [1UL: 2000, 2UL: 5000, 5UL: 1000]; writeln(aa.byPair .fold!((a,b) => a[1] < b[1] ? b : a)[0]); } Note that an associative array really isn't the best data structure if you'll be performing this operation frequently, because you'll be iterating over the entire contents each time. You may want to consider using a sorted container like a RedBlackTree in std.container or something similar instead. T -- Ignorance is bliss... until you suffer the consequences!
Re: Finding the index of the maximum value in an associative array
On Tuesday, 30 May 2017 at 18:05:02 UTC, cym13 wrote: On Tuesday, 30 May 2017 at 17:57:04 UTC, Lyle wrote: Hi, I have an associative array of type int[ulong] and I'm trying to get the index of the maximum value, like this: int[ulong] aa = [1UL: 2000, 2UL: 5000, 5UL: 1000]; writeln(aa.maxIndex); // should print 2 Can anyone help me out? Many thanks, Lyle Simple enough: get all key/values pairs in the AA, and ask for the element which is the maximum relatively to the value, then take its key. auto maxIndex(int[ulong] aa) { import std.algorithm; return aa.byKeyValue .maxElement!(x => x.value) .key; } Thank you! I used this solution in the end. I had looked at the .byKeyValue and .byPair methods but they didn't seem to work - turns out I was using an old DMD version!
Re: Finding the index of the maximum value in an associative array
On Tuesday, 30 May 2017 at 18:05:07 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 05:57:04PM +, Lyle via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: Hi, I have an associative array of type int[ulong] and I'm trying to get the index of the maximum value, like this: int[ulong] aa = [1UL: 2000, 2UL: 5000, 5UL: 1000]; writeln(aa.maxIndex); // should print 2 Can anyone help me out? [...] Try this: void main() { import std.algorithm.iteration : fold; import std.array : byPair; import std.stdio : writeln; int[ulong] aa = [1UL: 2000, 2UL: 5000, 5UL: 1000]; writeln(aa.byPair .fold!((a,b) => a[1] < b[1] ? b : a)[0]); } writeln(aa.byPair.maxElement!(p => p[1])[0]); or with https://github.com/dlang/phobos/pull/5436 : writeln(aa.byPair.maxElement!(p => p.value).key);