One out of many.

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Jan 20 2019, 4:22 pm
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Problem description:
Hey, was wondering if there was a code that would help find the greatest value out of a bundle of mobs, objs, etc.

Like if I was looking for someone who had the most kills in an arena. How would I go about it?
Jan 20 2019, 6:19 pm
Bunch of ways to do it:
var whatever/highest_thing
for(var/whatever/thing in things)
  if(!highest_thing || thing.value > highest_thing.value)
    highest_thing = thing
return highest_thing

Slightly more efficient because it doesn't read value more than once per thing:
var
  whatever/highest_thing
  highest_value = -1#INF

  whatever/thing
  value

for(thing in things)
  value = thing.value

  if(value > highest_value)
    highest_thing = thing
    highest_value = value

return highest_thing

Or you could sort things in the list by value. There are libraries for list sorting.
Jan 26 2019, 2:03 pm
In response to Kaiochao
Thanks! This really helped a lot. Appreciate it.