mode function creation
hola,
Anbody know a good way of making a function that returns the mode of a series of data values? i.e the most frequently occuring values? I would like to code it rather than find a header file with it in as i need to learn a bit more about string handling routines in c/c++ as i am self taught. i also want to avoid sending the program output to excel and getting round it like that.
Cheers,
Paul.
Sort them into order, using say qsort(), then count how many of each identical value there is (they'll all be together after the sort).
The value with the longest run is the mode.
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thanks hombre, will give it a whirl,
Would you take a look at my query on a gambling routine i wrote? its not a problem wit code, would just like to see your opinion on it...
Cheers
