Highest of all variables

greco26

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Is there a way to get the highest of all variables or is the only way to use nested Max()?

def var1 = 1;
def var2 = 2;
def var3 = 3;
def var4 = ...... and so on....

#I want the next def to give me the highest value of all of these variables
def highestvar = ??
 
Is there a way to get the highest of all variables or is the only way to use nested Max()?

def var1 = 1;
def var2 = 2;
def var3 = 3;
def var4 = ...... and so on....

#I want the next def to give me the highest value of all of these variables
def highestvar = ??

Nesting is one way

Ruby:
def var1 = 1;
def var2 = 3;
def var3 = 2;
def var4 = -1;
def var5 = 0;
def var6 = max(var1,max(var2,max(var3,max(var4,var5))));
def var7 = min(var1,min(var2,min(var3,min(var4,var5))));
addlabel(1,"max: " + var6 + " min: " + var7, color.yellow);
 
@greco26
Def the variables under the same variable and use highestall() or lowestall().
Code:
declare lower;
def var1 = 5;
def var2 = 8;
def var3 = 2;
def var4 = 9;
def var5 = 7;

def line = if IsNaN(line[1]) then var1 else if line[1]==var1 then var2 else if line[1]==var2 then var3
            else if line[1]==var3 then var4 else if line[1]==var4 then var5 else if line[1]==var5 then var1
            else Double.nan;

def highest = HighestAll(line);
def lowest = LowestAll(line);
addlabel(yes,highest,color.white);
addlabel(yes,lowest,color.white);

No reason to ever do it this way though....
 
@greco26
Def the variables under the same variable and use highestall() or lowestall().
Code:
declare lower;
def var1 = 5;
def var2 = 8;
def var3 = 2;
def var4 = 9;
def var5 = 7;

def line = if IsNaN(line[1]) then var1 else if line[1]==var1 then var2 else if line[1]==var2 then var3
            else if line[1]==var3 then var4 else if line[1]==var4 then var5 else if line[1]==var5 then var1
            else Double.nan;

def highest = HighestAll(line);
def lowest = LowestAll(line);
addlabel(yes,highest,color.white);
addlabel(yes,lowest,color.white);

No reason to ever do it this way though....
that is a clever formula.

since the pattern of data is repeated, you only need to look at the last 5 values.

you could add a variable for the count of variables ,
def cnt = 5;

then use that as length in,
= lowest( line, cnt)
= highest( line, cnt)

and not have to use highestall, lowestall

.......

once you have a set of different variables copied to 1 variable, it becomes possible to apply some functions to the list.
i use a different method, that i will talk about one of these days.
 

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