Robert Graham wrote:
> Hi Ozgur
>
> You can use the following:
>
> @data = (10,45,2,439);
> ($min,$max) = (sort {$a <=> $b} @data)[0,$#data];
IMHO sorting a list to find the max and min element is not a good idea.
The sort is of O(nlgn) and the usual
run through the list to find the max element is O(n). This is not of
significance when n is small, at the same
time this is not a method that should be followed for this task.
>
>
> Regards
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OZGUR GENC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 27 March 2002 13:06
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Maximum ,Minumum
>
> Hi All,
> Does anyone help me about how I can find the maximum and minumum element
> of an array?
> Ozgur
>
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