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Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array

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Real Troll <Real.Troll@Trolls.com> writes:

> On 15/06/2017 16:16, DFS wrote:
>>
>> This code works fine, but maybe there's a better or shorter approach
>> than 2 loops (one forward and one backward)?
>
> Of course there is a better way that works all the time irrespective
> whether the array is sorted or not.  Use this code:

The code you posted does not solve the problem which was:

| Given two int arrays:
|  
| q = {100,200};
| s = {50,125,150,175,190,210};
|  
| I want to find:
|  
| 1. the min s > the min q
| 2. the max s < the max q
|  
| Those would be 125 and 190

Your code just finds min and max of q and s.

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Ben.

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Algorithm/code to compare values in an array DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-15 11:16 -0400
  Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-06-15 16:41 +0100
    Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-15 13:48 -0400
      Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-06-15 19:47 +0100
        Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-06-15 20:17 +0100
          Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-06-15 20:51 +0100
  Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-06-15 11:43 -0700
    Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-15 19:21 -0400
      Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-06-15 18:49 -0700
  Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Real Troll <Real.Troll@Trolls.com> - 2017-06-15 16:35 -0400
    Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-15 21:34 +0100
      Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-15 23:23 +0100
        Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-16 00:35 +0100
          Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-16 01:04 +0100
          Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-16 01:10 +0100
        Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-15 20:45 -0400
    Re: Algorithm/code to compare values in an array DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-15 20:00 -0400

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