Get Highest Integer

[PsycoMarauder]

I'm probably missing something very simple here... But basically I have some variables that are assigned to players. How can I find the highest income for an array variable. In my situation, the integer variable is called "Income", and each playing player is assigned a value based off their player number. How can I check to see which integer is the highest, which is the second, and so forth all the way till the lowest value? (The whole purpose is to sort a multiboard based off whoever is has the highest income)

 

[VigorousApathy]

Hello I'm a random stranger from the internet, but I remembered this one map that assigned ranks to each player in the multiboard. 1 to the player with the highest score 2 for the second highest player and so on. So I figure that is one step away from solving your problem. I think the trigger that controls it is this one. The last part seems to be the important thing, but it's too late for me to check tonight.

Player Group - Pick every player in BuilderPlayers and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Multiboard - Set the text for Scoreboard item in column 4, row ((Player number of (Picked player)) + PlayerScoreBoardRowOffset) to (String((Number of players in (All players matching ((((Matching player) is in BuilderPlayers) Equal to True) and (Scores[(Player number of (Matching player))] Greater than or equal to Scores[(Player number of (Picked player))]))))))

 

[Lord_BoNes]

By memory, a leaderboard can be told to sort itself... Can't you do that with a multiboard?

 

[-JonNny]

• Do Multiple Actions For each (Integer A) from 2 to 12, do (Actions)
  • Loop - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Income[(Integer A)] greater than (>) x
      • Then - Actions
        • Set x = Income[(Integer A)]
      • Else - Actions

After this loop x will contain the greatest vaule

 

[Seth21]

Its what johnny posted and each time you do this you could somehow exclude the largest number to find 1st,2st,3rd etc.

 

[VigorousApathy]

So you could make a player group and remove one player at a time from it.

 

[PsycoMarauder]

greater than (>) x

What do I put where the bolded x is?

 

[raft_pl]

Just use Multiboard - Sort by descending (from highest to lowest) order.
Or, in case you would want to get the highest integer for different purposes, just use

• Actions
  • Set integer = Max(number1; number2; number...; numberN)

@Up
The "bolded x" is an integer-type variable.

@Down
Yeah, forgot to add that it's already been said by someone here :X

 

[Lord_BoNes]

Just use Multiboard - Sort by descending (from highest to lowest) order.

That's what I was meaning earlier. I couldn't remember the exact name of it (I'm a little rusty with GUI) but I knew that there was something like that.

 

[Mannoroth]

If you want to sort an array you can use a simple gnome sort function.

// sorts from highest to lowest value
function gSort takes integer numElements returns nothing
   local integer t
   local integer i = 1
   local integer j = 2
   
   loop  
      // numElements is the number of elements used in the array
      exitwhen i >= numElements
      
      if ( udg_income[i-1] >= udg_income[i] ) then
         set i = j
         set j = j + 1
      else
         // swap elements
         set t                = udg_income[i-1]
         set udg_income[i-1]  = udg_income[i]
         set udg_income[i]    = t
         
         set i = i - 1
         if ( i <= 0 ) then
            set i = 1
         endif
      endif
   endloop
   
endfunction

 

[VigorousApathy]

k now explain to someone who doesn't know jass how to import that.

 

[Mannoroth]

Paste it into the map's custom script and call it with something like this:

• Custom script: call gSort(12)

PS - And by "simple", I was referring to the fact that a gnome sort is considered non-complex and unoptimized (i.e. a simple algorithm). The term wasn't meant to insult anyone's intelligence.

 

[VigorousApathy]

Okay you're forgiven for the "simple" thing, but that doesn't excuse you from calling me a gnome!