testing temperatur

README.md

Analyze temperatures

Find temperature closest to zero.

Read from stdin two lines:

1. Number of temperatures to analyze
2. A "number of temperatures". Integer values. Between -273 and +5526

Invocation

number_of_temps=50

~/tmp/Generate-Random-Numbers.sh "$number_of_temps" -273 5526 | python3 ~/tmp/temp-test.py

Generate-Random-Numbers.sh

#!/bin/bash

count="$1"
min="$2"
max="$3"

echo "$count"
for ((i=1; i<=count; i++)); do
  printf "%s " "$(($RANDOM%($max-$min+1)+$min))"
done
echo

temp-test.py

import sys
import math

closest_temp = closest_no = 40_000

try:
    n = int(input())
except EOFError:
    print("0")
    sys.exit(0)

if n == 0:
    print("0")
    sys.exit(0)

# Aktuell untersuchte Position der Temperatur
no = 0
for i in input().split():
    t = int(i)
    # Check if current temp is identical to
    # closest temp found so far, as far as
    # absolute values are concerned.
    if abs(t) == abs(closest_temp):
        # Yes, it's identical. If t is positive, store
        # it. It is positive, if t > closests_temp
        if t > closest_temp:
            # Store temperature and number
            closest_temp = t
            closest_no = no
    # Is current temperature closer than so far found closest_temp?
    elif abs(t) < abs(closest_temp):
        # Yes, it is. Store values.
        closest_temp = t
        closest_no = no
    no += 1

# keine ahnung was die nächste Zeile sollte…
#print(0<<t)

print("Closest Temp:", closest_temp, "at position", closest_no, "with a distance from 0 of", abs(closest_temp))