In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote "Jeff 
'Japhy' Pinyan"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>>I have a set of functions that give numeric results, and I need to compare  them and 
>choose the
>>maximal value. Is there any simple way of finding max?
> 
> Go through them one at a time, and keep track of the largest value:
> 
>   my $max = $values[0];
>   for (@values) {
>     $max = $_ if $_ > $max;
>   }
> 

Don't think about it,
just use the CPAN module List::Util.

Then you only have to write 
my $max = max @values;

Greetings,
Andrea

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