[Quantproject-developers] QuantProject/b1_ADT/Statistics BasicFunctions.cs, 1.8, 1.9

[Glauco S. <gla...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/quantproject/QuantProject/b1_ADT/Statistics
In directory sc8-pr-cvs16.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv24333/b1_ADT/Statistics

Modified Files:
	BasicFunctions.cs 
Log Message:
static public double GetMax( ICollection data )
has been added (it returns the max value of the given data collection)

Index: BasicFunctions.cs
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RCS file: /cvsroot/quantproject/QuantProject/b1_ADT/Statistics/BasicFunctions.cs,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -C2 -d -r1.8 -r1.9
*** BasicFunctions.cs	30 Jul 2006 14:16:31 -0000	1.8
--- BasicFunctions.cs	24 Jun 2007 21:25:54 -0000	1.9
***************
*** 59,62 ****
--- 59,89 ----
  			return	sum;
  		}
+ 		/// <summary>
+ 		/// Returns the max value of the given data
+ 		/// </summary>
+ 		/// <param name="data">each data item must be convertible to a double</param>
+ 		/// <returns></returns>
+ 		static public double GetMax( ICollection data ) 
+ 		{
+ 			if ( data.Count < 1 )
+ 				throw new Exception( "The data collection does not contain " +
+ 					"any value!" );
+ 			double max = Double.MinValue;
+ 			foreach( object obj in data ) 
+ 			{
+ 				double valueToBeCompared;
+ 				try
+ 				{
+ 					valueToBeCompared =	Convert.ToDouble( obj );
+ 				}
+ 				catch
+ 				{
+ 					throw new Exception( "The data collection contains " +
+ 						"a data that cannot be converted to double!" );
+ 				}
+ 				max = Math.Max( max , valueToBeCompared );
+ 			}
+ 			return max;
+ 		}
  		static public double GetSum( ICollection data ) 
  		{