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in reply to Finding the max()/min()

A bit longer (just a little bit) but here goes. I realise that it can probably be shortened, but in the interests of brevity and my sanity here is the longer version.
max(3,4); sub max { ($x,$y)=@_;@xd=split//,$x; if(length($x) != length($y)) { return $x if(length($x)>length($y)); return $y if(length($y)>length($x)); } @yd=split//,$y; for($i;$i<length($x);$i++) { if (ord($xd[$i])!= ord($yd[$i])) { return $y if( ord($y)>ord($x) ); return $y if(ord ($y) >ord($x )); } } } # *** UNTESTED *** # It could be used to compare binary values, # but i suppose that is outside the scope of # this post.