After I sent this I had a flash of enlightenment:
$max = (sort {$a <=> $b} @_)[-1];
May be slower, though, I don't know.
- B
On Apr 11, Bryan R Harris said:
>$someVar = max(@listofvalues);
>
>Is there a function in perl like this?
You could use the List::Util module (from CPAN). Or, you could write your
own:
sub max {
my $max = shift;
for (@_) { $max = $_ if $_ > $max }
return $max;
}
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