How to get biggest value out of 3

[vcent]

How do you write something that compare 3 or more values and find largest value

Thanks.

[AdmiralAlkex]

We already have that, _ArrayMax() or _ArrayMaxIndex()

[vcent]

ahhh actually I was reading max already. I thought I can use the same algorithm.

Actually I wanted to compare dates using FileFindFirstFile and pull out the latest date.

[vcent]

$search = FileFindFirstFile("*.txt")
    If $search= -1 Then Return
    Dim $file
    While 1
        $file = FileFindNextFile($search)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
                WEnd
    
    FileClose($search)

How do I put $file into an array ?

[AdmiralAlkex]

_Max is only for 2 values, for more use _ArrayMax() or _ArrayMaxIndex(), it will be easier

[martin]

$search = FileFindFirstFile("*.txt")
     If $search= -1 Then Return
     Dim $file
     While 1
         $file = FileFindNextFile($search)
         If @error Then ExitLoop
                 WEnd
     
     FileClose($search)

How do I put $file into an array ?

You need _FileListToArray.

Then for each file in the earray you can use FileGetTime to find the time the file was last modified, and you can use _DateDiff to see which of two dates is more recent.

To find the newest file you don't need an array at all; you can use FileFindNext as you already were and compare with the newest found so far.

[AdmiralAlkex]

You need _FileListToArray.

Then for each file in the earray you can use FileGetTime to find the time the file was last modified, and you can use _DateDiff to see which of two dates is more recent.

To find the newest file you don't need an array at all; you can use FileFindNext as you already were and compare with the newest found so far.

That's also a good solution, perhaps more hardware friendly too (spreads out the load more)