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Min and max

Muhammad Fazl 24 Oct 2014 17:27

what exactly is min and max used for in this game?

Re: Min and max

The Cow 25 Oct 2014 23:22

In this program, Min and max are used to make the value of a number at least 1 and at most 8.

So Max(1,Min(8,~~~→A
first finds and returns the smaller value of 8 or ~~~. So if ~~~ is more than 8, the return value (Let's call it B) is made to be 8 instead.
Likewise, Max returns the larger value of 1 the value B. If B is less than one, the return value is made to be 1, since 1 would be the maximum of the set {1,A}.

Essentially this does the same thing as:

:~~~          ;Some expression
:If Ans<1
:1
:If Ans>8
:8
:Ans→A

Though using less memory, and probably faster.

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Re: Min and max

Toothless the Dragon 26 Oct 2014 02:02

The Cow might've been a little bit confusing (hopefully not misleading o.o), but I'll tell ya.

The min( command is used to find the lowest number in a list, where the max( command is used the find the highest number in the list. For example, "min({1,2,3})" will give you 1, and "max({1,2,3})" will return 3.

Combining the two essentially makes limits. "min(8,max(1,A→A" makes it so that the lowest A can be is 1, and the highest 8. Note that IT ISN'T "min(1,max(8,A→A" like The Cow posted, because that means if A is greater than 8 like 9, the command would be "min(1,max(8,9))" which would then be "min(1,9)" and return 1, instead of 8.

There's more info on these on the wiki if you want, just search them up. ^.^