This is delicious. This capability is built into Python. Problems like this is why engineers and scientists use Python in lieu of Fortran and Java. This is a job for NumPy (queue Underdog theme song).
If your desire to use VB, pl, or (ugh) Java is overwhelming, note that Python source is very readable. Hints - a list of lists, try to search only ordered data (think vector), and use 'managed' code. luck, Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Daniel > Roman > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Peak search algorithm > > Hello list people, > > I've got an ASCII text file of a sweep of frequencies and > levels and I > want to put together a quick Visual BASIC, PERL, or JAVA > program to find > the peaks in that data. Anybody have or know of a good place to look > for an algorithm to do this? I may be wrong, but I don't > think it is a > trivial task because in real-world data there are a mix of sources > including broadband, etc. > > -- > Dan Roman, N.C.E. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned by MCI Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on MCI's Managed Email Content Service, visit http://www.mci.com. ______________________________________________________________________
