Kamaelia.Util.Max

• component Max

• Find the maximum of a set of values
  • Example Usage
  • Behaviour

Find the maximum of a set of values

Send a list of values to Max and it will send out the maximum value in the list.

Example Usage

Supplying three lists of items, and the greatest is selected from each.

>>> Pipeline( DataSource( [ (1,4,2,3), ('d','a','b','c'), ('xx','xxx') ] ),
              Max(),
              ConsoleEchoer(),
            ).run()

When run this will output:

4dxxx

Behaviour

Send a list of comparable items to the "inbox" inbox and the greatest of those items (the maximum of the list) will be sent out of the "outbox" outbox.

If a producerFinished or shutdownMicroprocess message is received on the "control" inbox. It is immediately sent on out of the "signal" outbox and the component then immediately terminates.

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Kamaelia.Util.Max.Max

class Max(Axon.Component.component)

Max() -> new Max component.

Send a list of values to its "inbox" inbox, and the maximum value from that list is sent out the "outbox" outbox.

Inboxes

• control : Shutdown signalling
• inbox : Lists of values

Outboxes

• outbox : Maximum value from the lists
• signal : Shutdown signalling

Methods defined here

main(self)

Main loop