On Feb 13, Frank said:
>$max= (sort @values)[-1];
You're sorting ASCIIbetically. You must sort numerically:
(sort { $a <=> $b } @values)[-1];
>Personally, I'd prefer Japhy's method for efficiency.
Yeah, me too. ;) Sorting to find a min or max is not a good move.
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