Using diff() to identify the two values with the highest difference.

I hope someone can help. Below is a slapped together code with the idea.

x = [2 20 4 51 60]

g = diff(x)

% so that g give me g = [-18 16 -47 -9]

%max(g) gives 16 in this case

I want the two numbers that make up the 16 set to variables like V and W. However, I dont want to just call the x matrix again to do it so that this can be more robust. Does something like this exist?

Some output that gives me V = 20 and W = 4

[Matt Gaidica]

Cris below has you covered. If you have a specific application in mind, members might be able to help you tackle the whole problem instead of just this part.

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

You could write your own function to do this. However, I'm not aware of anything that does this already. Especially since you are working with g but want results from x.

Note that one of the syntax options for max is to return the index of the value.

[M,I] = max(___)