From: Bart Braem <bart.braem@...>
Date: 2006-09-13T00:55:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Maximum value of hash

Farrel Lifson wrote:

> On 12/09/06, Bart Braem <bart.braem@gmail.com> wrote:
>> A very simple question: what's the best way to get the maximum value of a
>> hash? Currently I have something like:
>>
>> max = 0
>> hash.each_value do |value|
>>         if (value > max )
>>                 max = value
>>         end
>> end
>>
>> But it does not feel ruby... Same question for sum, but I guess the
>> answer will be similar?
>>
>> Bart
>>
>>
> 
> hash.values.max
> 
Thanks Farrel (and all others) for the fast replies. It didn't occur with me
that the values array had this method of course...

Bart