Re: Getting the maximum value and minimal values in a list
Re: Getting the maximum value and minimal values in a list
- Subject: Re: Getting the maximum value and minimal values in a list
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:44:07 -0500
Nice catch. I used missing value and put a check in for it myValue = missing value or...
Seems cheesy, but it works.
On Sep 13, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Whit Anderson wrote:
>
> On Sep 13, 2010, at 7:06 PM, email@hidden wrote:
>
>> set list_of_values to {10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 2000, 9, 3000, 4}
>>
>> set minimum to 9.9999999999E+12
>> set maximum to 0
>> repeat with ref_to_value in list_of_values
>> set the_value to contents of ref_to_value
>> if the_value > maximum then set maximum to the_value
>> if the_value < minimum then set minimum to the_value
>> end repeat
>>
>> {minimum, maximum}
>
>
> It seems to me that this will fail if the list contains all negative numbers
>
>
> set list_of_values to {-1, -10, -15}
>
> set minimum to 9.9999999999E+12
> set maximum to 0
> repeat with ref_to_value in list_of_values
> set the_value to contents of ref_to_value
> if the_value > maximum then set maximum to the_value
> if the_value < minimum then set minimum to the_value
> end repeat
>
> {minimum, maximum}
>
> --Whit
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