Brainteaser (help!)

[Oliver Gorwits]

Lee Larcombe wrote:
>     @arrayG = qw (1.048 0.657 0.437 2.363 1.964 0.787 1.078 0.686);
> 
> I need to know the array position of the largest number, ie 2.363 is
> largest, but I need to return $arrayG[3] - the '3' is what I need.

Try a combination of max() from List::Util (ships with Perl) and then 
first_index() from List::MoreUtils (on the CPAN).

regards,
oliver.
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Oliver Gorwits, Network Infrastructure Group,
Oxford University Computing Services