Question

Part-1. Write a matlab code to find the height of the tallest guy in a basketball team (including bench, i.e., 22 players). Their height is stored in array variable H. If they are more than one player representing the tallest the program should report either height as the tallest. Use an efficient algorithm. Size the array H (find the number of elements) with the function size() in the numpy module (e.g., np.size(). Algorithm should work for any number of players.

Part-2. Write a user-defined python function to find the heigth of the tallest and use it in a driver program. Generate a ‘fake’ data using the following statements:

import numpy as np

N=22 # for 22 players

# 1D array of float numbers within 5.5 to 8.0 feet H= np.random.uniform(5.5, 8.0, size=(1,N)) print("random float array in [5.5, 8.0] \n", H,"\n")

Also, I’d like a python code for the same excersice.

Answer 1

Python code

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Program

import numpy as np
def tallestHeight(heights):
    #Set first element as maximum height
    max=heights.flat[0]
    #Traverse each element of the array and set max height
    for i in np.nditer(heights):
        if i > max:
            max = i
    #Return max height
    return max
#Test
N=22 # for 22 players
H= np.random.uniform(5.5, 8.0, size=(1,N))
print("random float array in [5.5, 8.0] \n", H,"\n")
print("Tallest player height = %.8f"%tallestHeight(H))

Output

random float array in [5.5, 8.0]
[[7.53450756 7.14316657 6.34246178 7.78411501 5.51282309 7.74859553
7.62140945 5.59460712 5.86448351 5.87944372 5.76947077 6.00740081
7.39301746 7.57616436 7.61333592 7.01673579 5.80868431 6.32778803
6.98718796 7.79752271 7.42343135 5.51697551]]

Tallest player height = 7.79752271

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Matlab

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Program

function max=tallestHeight(H)
max=H(1);
for i=H
     if i>max
       max=i;
     end
end
end

Test:-

H= (8.0-5.5).*rand(1, 22, 'double')+5.5

fprintf("Tallest player height = %.8f",tallestHeight(H));