Find index of variable with lowest value

Scripting
1

Hey,

I have a bunch of variables within two arrays.

character_Wait_Time[0] upwards and enemy_Wait_Time[0] upwards. I’m trying to find which variable has the lowest value and assign it’s index number to say - var t

Another thing I’m trying to do is find out whether it was a character or an enemy that had the lowest value.

I can’t seem to figure out how to do this. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

2

Use BubbleSort to know the lower value in indices.

void BubbleSortAlgoritm()
{
    for (int i = 0; i < character_Wait_Time.Lenght - 1; i++)
    {
        for (int j = i + 1; j < character_Wait_Time.Lenght; j++)
        {
            if (character_Wait_Time[i] > character_Wait_Time[j])
            {
                int aux = character_Wait_Time[i];
                character_Wait_Time[i] = character_Wait_Time[j];
                character_Wait_Time[j] = aux;
            }
        }
    }
}

Then, the “character_Wait_Time[0]” will be the lower value in Array.

3

Sorting will find the lowest value, but it will also scramble the ordering of the array. You can search for the lowest value in an array with a function like this:-

function Lowest(f: float[]) {
	var lowestVal: float = f[0];
	var lowestIndex: int = 0;
	
	for (i = 1; i < f.Length; i++) {
		if (f[i] < lowestVal) {
			lowestVal = f[i];
			lowestIndex = i;
		}
	}
	
	return lowestIndex;
}

Run this function on both arrays and then just compare the two values to see which is lower.

4

Thanks for the replies. I kinda already came up with my own solution

if ( num_Of_Enemies > 1 )
	{
		for ( var p = 0; p < num_Of_Enemies; p++){
			if ( !enemy_Dead[p] )
			{
			o = enemy_Wait_Time[p];
			}
		}
		for ( var j = 0; j < num_Of_Enemies; j++ ){
			if ( enemy_Wait_Time[j] < o  !enemy_Dead)
			{
				o = enemy_Wait_Time[j];
			}
		}
		for ( var k = 0; k < num_Of_Enemies; k++ ){
			if ( enemy_Wait_Time[k] == o )
			{
				enemy_To_Process = k;
				break;
			}
		}
	}

This compares the enemy wait times against each other and assigns the index of the lowest value to enemy_To_Process.

I’ll look into your two examples to see if I can improve my script. :slight_smile: