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Re: max, mean, min of array [message #28971 is a reply to message #28690]

Sat, 26 January 2002 14:33

Wonko[1]
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craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu (Craig Markwardt) wrote:

> Alex, I think *both* solutions should be possible. Consider the
> following scenario: instead of a 400x400x12 array, how about a
> 2x2x1000000 array? Using your technique we would end up doing
> 1000000 iterations, but with mine it would only be 4.

Yeah, I thought of that, but I had thought about the Send-button
first.

> Thus, the code should contain both solutions, and pick whichever one
> takes fewer iterations.

Right.

While you are at it: Why not allow any generic function to be
cmapplied? This would work like MAX() and MIN() as it does now, but
with CALL_FUNCTION(). So we would have MEDIAN(), STDEV() and so on.

Alex
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