From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-07-10T00:30:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Sorting arrays

Hi --

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Dark Ambient wrote:

> On 7/9/06, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi --
>> 
>> The only comparison with nil that you're doing is:
>>
>>     lowest == nil
>
>
>
> But , from the output:
> Comparing "five" (item) to nil (lowest)
> Either lowest is nil, or "five" is less than nil
> So lowest is now being set to "five"
>
> The code on the right of the || only gets executed if lowest == nil is
>> false.
>
>
> How can it be false on first pass, since it's declared lowest = false ?

I don't see that in your code.  I see this:

   lowest = nil

So this:

   lowest == nil

is true.


David

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