On Monday, May 20, 2002, at 01:48 , Jackson, Harry wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Beau E. Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> I ignored uniqueness because non-unique numbers are NOT consecutive. >> My solution works on non-sorted input arrays. > > To be a picky twat. > > my @array = (1,2,3,12,13,14,16,17,18,1,2,3,19,20,21,22); > > It would not work on the unsorted array above. Even if we where to sort > this > array if sort in perl is anything like the shell then it will not sort > numerically.
again - merely establishing that without the actual question from the instructor - it really is hard to resolve what in god's furry name the initial conditions were, as a basis for resolving the actual code that would win. also - if you read 'man sort' you will find that sort -n understands how to do numeric sorting.... ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
