Oops, I missed that. You're right. On October 12, 2015 8:35:04 AM CDT, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >Jacque, > > >My gadget adds the index in a parameter to the function. if it already >exists in the list, the addition is superfluous, but harmless. > > >Craig > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> >To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >Sent: Mon, Oct 12, 2015 12:07 am >Subject: Re: function for greatest object in list less than or equal to >a value > > >On 10/11/2015 9:26 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >> function findItemLessThanIndex >tData,tIndex >> put comma & tIndex after tData >> sort items of tData >numeric >> return item itemOffset("5",tData) -1 of tData >> end >findItemLessThanIndex > >I thought of that too, but it fails if tIndex isn't in >the list. The >example list was: "1,3,4,7,9" and the target limit was 5. > >I >couldn't see a way that avoids looping through all the values. > >-- > >Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >HyperActive >Software | >http://www.hyperactivesw.com > >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode >mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, >unsubscribe and manage your subscription >preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >subscription preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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