Help with Variable comparison

[electron67]

Hello, I thought it was an easy comparison, but comparing each variable with the others has been difficult and I got lost; I am trying to compare variables and know which is the one with the highest value; for example X1 = 25, X2 = 31, X3 = 45, X4 = 39, X5 = 40, X6 = 37, X7 = 29; how to find the correct data without so many comparisons between the variables.

Can someone help or guide me with this

Thanks
Enrique

[mnf]

Hi Enrique,

Can you post your code so far?

The easiest way to do this would be to have the variables as an array (X[7]) then you can use a loop to find the highest (or lowest) value

Martin

[electron67]

Hi Martin,

This flowchart is what I think could be excluding variables until reaching the highest value, but I think it would be a huge program.

Enrique

[electron67]

I am closer

[electron67]

I am closer

[mnf]

Try something like this:

maxima.fcfx

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Note that I have added a C line in Maxima macro that allows this to macro to work with any size data array - however it will not simulate - so I've just used a fixed count (and added a comment on what to change for real-world use)
There are alternate ways to do this - for example if measuring some data then keep a record of highest value received.

Note - toUpper$ convert a string to upper case.

Martin

[electron67]

Hello Martin,

Excellent !!! It works, the program is simple, I would never have done it using that method. . .

Thank You !!!
Enrique

[mnf]

Glad to hear you got things working....

Martin