function for greatest object in list less than or equal to a value

[J. Landman Gay]

On 10/12/2015 6:24 PM, Geoff Canyon wrote:
> function greatestLessThan pList,V
>     sort items of pList descending numeric
>     sort items of pList by each >= V
>     return item 1 of pList
> end greatestLessThan

Clever. How come it works when V is in the list, when you're asking for 
">="  ? Seems like V should be toward the front of the second sort.

I used this:

   put greatestLessthan("1,2,4,5,6,8,9",5)

The 5 was at the end of the second sorted list, even though it's equal to V.

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