Whoops, sorry.
return(last(sort(list)))
BTW,
for some reason, is it equivalent in terms of speed, to do
return(last(sort(list))) or
l1: sort(list),
return(last(l1))
-sen
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
>>
>> sort(list),
>> return(last(list))
>>
>
> PS This won't work: sort does not modify the original list; it returns a
> sorted copy.
>