Finding a maximum value in a list

Greetings,

Does anyone know how I can select or know the value of the highest value in a list of numbers?
I'm sure this is a stupid question for most of you, so I apologize, but if anyone would be so kind, I'd be really appreciative.
Thank you very much

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Permalink Reply by Pep Tornabell on December 17, 2009 at 2:03am

That's easy, use a sort list component.

Cheers

Permalink Reply by Patrick Bedarf on December 17, 2009 at 4:26am

plus select the highest item via the lenghtlist component

Permalink Reply by Theunis du Toit on December 17, 2009 at 5:14am

Using sort, list and reverse list components can always have the first number as your highest value.

Permalink Reply by Theunis du Toit on December 17, 2009 at 5:15am

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Permalink Reply by BenjaminMoore on December 17, 2009 at 6:05am

Thank you very much for your patience,
in my case, I have a list of a few thousand floating point integers, and they are all listed as "item 0" so, when I use sort, I'm not getting a new list.
So I guess my question would be, how do I make a list out of the numbers that constitute a certain "item"?

Thank you once again

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 17, 2009 at 6:24am

You can also use the Bounds component. It will create a Domain that contains all the numbers in a list.

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Permalink Reply by BenjaminMoore on December 17, 2009 at 7:59am

ahhh thank you, bounds would be a really easy way as well.
However, my problem is still the same, where I have a list where every item is item number "0" and not "0,1,2,3,4..."
So, I guess I'm still trying to take a all the numbers in an item (in this case item number 0) and turn them into a list. ?

Thanks again for all the help

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 17, 2009 at 9:06am

You need to modify the data structure so that all the related numbers end up in the same list. If ALL numbers must be a single list this is fairly easy, all you have to do is Flatten the data. If your data structure contains multiple lists, it can become somewhat to shockingly more difficult. I'll need to see your data structure as a whole to be able to comment further.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by BenjaminMoore on December 17, 2009 at 9:24am

Great,

Flattening worked out, I didn't know about this.
Again, thank you very much for your time!

Permalink Reply by Mr. Gudjon Thor Erlendsson on February 7, 2014 at 7:51am

I´m currently having problems with the max/min selection from lists. This seems to be a new problem. I have a simple and flatten list of numbers and want to find the min and max. I have tried both the list order and the bound components, but neither will actually show the highest or lowest numbers.

I´m trying to color surfaces according to slope using the Gradient component. A simple task in the past, but no luck these days.

The list is flat, but I´ve even tried flattening it. I´ve basically tried everything and nothing is working.

Permalink Reply by djordje on February 7, 2014 at 8:31am