in reply to Re: Re: Comparing 2-D co-ordinates
in thread Comparing 2-D co-ordinates

Sorry. I'm still misunderstanding you. Given this sample dataset, what 'best result' do you want?

The index of the largest range?

The %coverage by that largest range?

Something else?

Ie. What output do you want given that input, and how is it derived?

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