Problem 1927. Find nth maximum
Find nth maximum in a vector of integer numbers. Return NaN if no such number exists.
x = [2 6 4 9 -10 3 1 5 -10];
So
- n_max(x,3) would find 3rd maximum value in x which is 5
- n_max(x,8) would find 8th maximum value in x which is -10
- n_max(x,9) would find 9th maximum value in x which is -10
- n_max(x,12) does not exist so return NaN
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J.R.! Menzinger
on 10 Oct 2013
I think the test cases are not correct. Can you check this?
Sky Sartorius
on 10 Oct 2013
The test cases expect isequal(NaN,NaN) to return true. This is wrong.
J.R.! Menzinger
on 10 Oct 2013
please use the function "isquealn" http://www.mathworks.de/de/help/matlab/ref/isequaln.html
Ned Gulley
on 15 Oct 2013
I went ahead and made the test suite change that José suggested above.
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