Re: %list

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the reminder Barbara - I'd forgotten that I voted for that one.


> On Apr 8, 2021, at 8:16 AM, Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2021-04-07 6:30 p.m., Jon Paris wrote:
> > Simple answer - because they aren't designed to <grin>.
> > Personally I would have liked to see that but ... If they take an array what are they expected to do.  Perhaps if you saw a %Max BIF for an array you might expect it to return the index of the max item - not its value.  It would probably be more useful in 	cases such as DDS arrays.
> > I suggest that perhaps you write up an RFE for the functionality, post the number here and we can all jump in and vote for it.
>
> There is already an RFE for this. Indeed, the current idea is that it should be a different built-in function that returns the index of the maximum or minimum element.
>
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=116540
>
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> Barbara
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