Re^2: Determine steps between two numbers

IMHO in such case the variable name should be changed from 'increment' to 'decrement'. Or better - change algorithm to more intuitive:

my $increment = ($second - $first) / ($steps - 1);
...
push @array, $first += $increment;
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And one-line @array generator as alternative:

my @array = map { $first + $increment * $_ } 0 .. $steps - 1;

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Re^3: Determine steps between two numbers by thmsdrew (Scribe) on Sep 05, 2012 at 13:47 UTC
Thanks. I transferred this over from my Java implementation of it and didn't quite get it right, so I did some stuff to make it work. You helped me get it back to what it was originally. Not too confident in the one-line generator you have there, but it'd be a nice touch anyway.	[reply]
Re^4: Determine steps between two numbers by CountZero (Bishop) on Sep 05, 2012 at 18:48 UTC
Not too confident in the one-line generator you have there, but it'd be a nice touch anyway. Why? Don't you trust mathematics? CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]
Re^5: Determine steps between two numbers by thmsdrew (Scribe) on Sep 05, 2012 at 19:31 UTC
I trust the math of it. It's not that I'm not confident that grizzley's solution is mathematically sound. Rather, I'm not confident in my own ability to fully understand that use of `map`, especially if I were to stop thinking about this and come back to it later. I also don't really see the need.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Determine steps between two numbers by CountZero (Bishop) on Sep 06, 2012 at 06:17 UTC
Re^7: Determine steps between two numbers by thmsdrew (Scribe) on Sep 06, 2012 at 11:08 UTC


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