selectMax

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Description

Description:

Returns the array element with maximum numerical value. Engine solution to BIS_fnc_greatestNum and BIS_fnc_findExtreme. Any Booleans will be converted to Numbers: true => 1, false => 0. Other non Number elements are also permitted, but their value will be treated as 0.

Groups:

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Syntax

Syntax:

selectMax array

Parameters:

array: Array - array of anything

Return Value:

Anything - element with maximum numerical value

Examples

Example 1:

_max = selectMax [1,2,3,4,5]; //5

Example 2:

// Same as, for example: _max = _a max _b max _c max _d; // Only faster: _max = selectMax [_a,_b,_c,_d];

Additional Information

See also:

selectMinminmaxselectRandomselect

Notes

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Posted on December 1, 2016 - 23:01 (UTC)

Commy2

Game will print "Bad conversion: scalar" error in RPT log if anything other than numbers was in the array.