how can i get a maximum number value in lua?

Question

I am working on app to watch how fast you run, and for that I need a function that shows what your maximum speed has been. but can not find how I do.

local speed         


        

Answer 1

you should give more information when you ask questions on Stack Overflow, but let's try to help you anyway.

You code is probably inside an event listener that looks like that:

local listener = function(event)
  local speedText = string.format( '%.3f', event.speed )
  speed.y = 250
  speed.x = 125
  local numValue = tonumber(speedText)*3.6
  if numValue ~= nil then
      speed.text = math.round( numValue )
  end
end

This displays the current speed. If you want to display the maximum speed instead, just do something like this:

local maxSpeed = 0
local listener = function(event)
  local speedText = string.format( '%.3f', event.speed )
  speed.y = 250
  speed.x = 125
  local numValue = tonumber(speedText)*3.6 or 0
  if numValue > maxSpeed then
      maxSpeed = numValue
      speed.text = math.round( numValue )
  end
end

The idea is: you need a variable defined outside the listener (or a global) to store the previous maximum speed. Every time the event listener is called, if the current speed is higher than the previous maximum speed, then it is the new maximum speed so you save it and you display it.