MaximumItem (Arraylist function) - Revision history

JAL2 at 16:43, 27 July 2012

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	<td>An <var>Arraylist</var> object.</td></tr>		<td>An <var>Arraylist</var> object.</td></tr>

	<tr><th>~~method~~</th>		<tr><th>itemFunction</th>
	<td>A function that operates on the type of the items in the <var>Arraylist</var>. It may be a [[Local and Common entities\|local method]] or [[Method variables\|method variable]] or a class member (<var>Variable</var>, <var>Property</var>), and it must return an [[Intrinsic classes\|intrinsic]] value. The default <var class="term">~~method~~</var> value is the special identity function, <var>[[Collections#Using the This function as the Maximum parameter\|This]]</var>, which simply returns the item value.</td></tr>		<td>A function that operates on the type of the items in the <var>Arraylist</var>. It may be a [[Local and Common entities\|local method]] or [[Method variables\|method variable]] or a class member (<var>Variable</var>, <var>Property</var>), and it must return an [[Intrinsic classes\|intrinsic]] value. The default <var class="term">itemFunction</var> value is the special identity function, <var>[[Collections#Using the This function as the Maximum parameter\|This]]</var>, which simply returns the item value.</td></tr>
	</table>		</table>

	==Usage notes==		==Usage notes==
	<ul>		<ul>
	<li>The optional <var class="term">~~method~~</var> parameter lets you further manipulate the <var>Arraylist</var> item values before performing the		<li>The optional <var class="term">itemFunction</var> parameter lets you further manipulate the <var>Arraylist</var> item values before performing the
	<var>MaximumItem</var> method's item evaluation.		<var>MaximumItem</var> method's item evaluation.
	If your <var>Arraylist</var> items are not intrinsic values, you must specify a <var class="term">~~method~~</var> function that can map the item values to intrinsic values or the method will fail.		If your <var>Arraylist</var> items are not intrinsic values, you must specify an <var class="term">itemFunction</var> function that can map the item values to intrinsic values or the method will fail.
	</ul>		</ul>

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Examples

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	==Examples==		==Examples==
	For the <var>ArrayList</var> <code>%al</code> whose items are the odd integers between 0 and 10, <code>%al:~~maxItem~~</~~code~~> ~~returns~~ <~~code~~>9</~~code~~>.		For the <var>ArrayList</var> <code>%al</code> whose items are the odd integers between 0 and 10, <var>MaximumItem</var> returns the value of the item that has the maximum value, while <var>Maximum</var> returns the index (item number) of that item:
			<p class="code">b

			%al is arraylist of float
			%al = list(1,3,5,7,9)

			printText {~=%al:maximumItem}
			printText {~=%al:maximum}
			end </p>

			The result is:
			<p class="output">%al:maximumItem=9
			%al:maximum=5 </p>

	==See also==		==See also==
	{{Template:Arraylist:MaximumItem footer}}		{{Template:Arraylist:MaximumItem footer}}

JAL2 at 21:09, 18 July 2012

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	<var>MaximumItem</var> is related to the <var>[[Maximum (Arraylist function)\|Maximum]]</var> <var>Arraylist</var> method, which ~~return~~ the number or name of the item that has the maximum value in an <var>Arraylist</var>.		<var>MaximumItem</var> is related to the <var>[[Maximum (Arraylist function)\|Maximum]]</var> <var>Arraylist</var> method, which returns the number or name of the item that has the maximum value in an <var>Arraylist</var>.

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==

JAL2: /* Usage notes */

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Usage notes

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	<ul>		<ul>
	<li>The optional <var class="term">method</var> parameter lets you further manipulate the <var>Arraylist</var> item values before performing the		<li>The optional <var class="term">method</var> parameter lets you further manipulate the <var>Arraylist</var> item values before performing the
	<var>MaximumItem</var> method's item ~~matching~~.		<var>MaximumItem</var> method's item evaluation.
	If your <var>Arraylist</var> items are not intrinsic values, you must specify a <var class="term">method</var> function that can map the item values to intrinsic values or the method will fail.		If your <var>Arraylist</var> items are not intrinsic values, you must specify a <var class="term">method</var> function that can map the item values to intrinsic values or the method will fail.
	</ul>		</ul>

JAL2: /* Syntax terms */

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Syntax terms

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	<tr><th>method</th>		<tr><th>method</th>
	<td>A function that operates on the type of the items in the <var>Arraylist</var>. It may be a [[Local and Common entities\|local method]] or [[Method variables\|method variable]] or a class member (<var>Variable</var>, <var>Property</var>), and it must return an [[Intrinsic classes\|intrinsic]] ~~(probably <var>Float</var>)~~ value. The default <var class="term">method</var> value is the special identity function, <var>[[Collections#Using the This function as the Maximum parameter\|This]]</var>, which simply returns the item value.</td></tr>		<td>A function that operates on the type of the items in the <var>Arraylist</var>. It may be a [[Local and Common entities\|local method]] or [[Method variables\|method variable]] or a class member (<var>Variable</var>, <var>Property</var>), and it must return an [[Intrinsic classes\|intrinsic]] value. The default <var class="term">method</var> value is the special identity function, <var>[[Collections#Using the This function as the Maximum parameter\|This]]</var>, which simply returns the item value.</td></tr>
	</table>		</table>

JAL2 at 22:03, 17 July 2012

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	<var>MaximumItem</var> is related to the <var>[[Maximum (Arraylist function)\|Maximum]]</var> <var>Arraylist</var> method, which return the number or name of the item that has the maximum value in ~~the collection~~.		<var>MaximumItem</var> is related to the <var>[[Maximum (Arraylist function)\|Maximum]]</var> <var>Arraylist</var> method, which return the number or name of the item that has the maximum value in an <var>Arraylist</var>.

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==

JAL2 at 21:34, 17 July 2012

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	~~This page~~ is [[~~under construction~~]].		<var>MaximumItem</var> is related to the <var>[[Maximum (Arraylist function)\|Maximum]]</var> <var>Arraylist</var> method, which return the number or name of the item that has the maximum value in the collection.

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
	{{Template:Arraylist:MaximumItem syntax}}		{{Template:Arraylist:MaximumItem syntax}}

	===Syntax terms===		===Syntax terms===
	<table class="syntaxTable">		<table class="syntaxTable">
	<tr><th>%item</th><td>item</td></tr>		<tr><th>%item</th>
			<td>An <var>Arraylist</var> item of the same type as the <var class="term">al</var> object.</td></tr>

	<tr><th>al</th>		<tr><th>al</th>
	<td>Arraylist object</td></tr>		<td>An <var>Arraylist</var> object.</td></tr>

	<tr><th>method</th>		<tr><th>method</th>
	<td><var>~~ItemFunction~~</var> ~~object~~</td></tr>		<td>A function that operates on the type of the items in the <var>Arraylist</var>. It may be a [[Local and Common entities\|local method]] or [[Method variables\|method variable]] or a class member (<var>Variable</var>, <var>Property</var>), and it must return an [[Intrinsic classes\|intrinsic]] (probably <var>Float</var>) value. The default <var class="term">method</var> value is the special identity function, <var>[[Collections#Using the This function as the Maximum parameter\|This]]</var>, which simply returns the item value.</td></tr>
	</table>		</table>

	==Usage notes==		==Usage notes==
			<ul>
			<li>The optional <var class="term">method</var> parameter lets you further manipulate the <var>Arraylist</var> item values before performing the
			<var>MaximumItem</var> method's item matching.
			If your <var>Arraylist</var> items are not intrinsic values, you must specify a <var class="term">method</var> function that can map the item values to intrinsic values or the method will fail.
			</ul>

	==Examples==		==Examples==
			For the <var>ArrayList</var> <code>%al</code> whose items are the odd integers between 0 and 10, <code>%al:maxItem</code> returns <code>9</code>.

	==See also==		==See also==
	{{Template:Arraylist:MaximumItem footer}}		{{Template:Arraylist:MaximumItem footer}}

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This page is [[under construction]].
==Syntax==
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===Syntax terms===
<table class="syntaxTable">
<tr><th>%item</th><td>item</td></tr>
<tr><th>al</th>
<td>Arraylist object</td></tr>
<tr><th>method</th>
<td><var>ItemFunction</var> object</td></tr>
</table>
==Usage notes==
==Examples==
==See also==
{{Template:Arraylist:MaximumItem footer}}