How do you print the key(s) of the largest value in a hash? I have a script that counts the occurences of something and the occurences it the value of that key.
Key -> Value
red -> 2
pink -> 1
orange -> 4
black -> 3
blue -> 4
And I need it to determine the greatest value, sort by it and only print the highest keys/value. In this example the highest value is 4 shared by ORANGE and BLUE. I need it so it just prints these two hash elements.
Whether it's just one highest value or if X number share it, all the highest valued key/value pairs need to be sorted.
I am very confused at how to do this.
-
Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
-
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
-
Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
-
Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
|