How do you find the Maximum value out of a big list of numbers?

[Aaron]

I have a big list of numbers in a txt file, and I want to write the VB code
so it will automatically find the maximum number and put it in a label.
Is there a max function in VB? Please help. Thanks.

Aaron

[Russell Jones]

No, but you can convert all the values from text to numbers, put them in an
Array or ArrayList, and then use the Sort method to sort them in ascending
order. The maximum value is then the last item in the sorted array. Here's
an example.

Dim list As New ArrayList()
list.AddRange(New Double() {3, 8, 6, 1, 2})
list.Sort()
Debug.WriteLine(list.Item(list.Count - 1)) ' writes 8


"Aaron" <adogg18@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3d21cb66$1@10.1.10.29...
>
> I have a big list of numbers in a txt file, and I want to write the VB
code
> so it will automatically find the maximum number and put it in a label.
> Is there a max function in VB? Please help. Thanks.
>
> Aaron

[Aaron]

Good idea... I will try that.

"Russell Jones" <arj1@nospam.northstate.net> wrote:
>No, but you can convert all the values from text to numbers, put them in
an
>Array or ArrayList, and then use the Sort method to sort them in ascending
>order. The maximum value is then the last item in the sorted array. Here's
>an example.
>
> Dim list As New ArrayList()
> list.AddRange(New Double() {3, 8, 6, 1, 2})
> list.Sort()
> Debug.WriteLine(list.Item(list.Count - 1)) ' writes 8
>
>
>"Aaron" <adogg18@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3d21cb66$1@10.1.10.29...
>>
>> I have a big list of numbers in a txt file, and I want to write the VB
>code
>> so it will automatically find the maximum number and put it in a label.
>> Is there a max function in VB? Please help. Thanks.
>>
>> Aaron
>
>