I have a list of integers, i.e.:
values = [55, 55, 56, 57, 57, 57, 57, 62, 63, 64, 79, 80]
I am trying to find the largest difference between two consecutive numbers.
In this case it would be 15
from 64->79
.
The numbers can be negative or positive, increasing or decreasing or both. The important thing is I need to find the largest delta between two consecutive numbers.
What is the fastest way to do this? These lists can contain anywhere from hundreds to thousands of integers.
This is the code I have right now:
prev_value = values[0]
largest_delta = 0
for value in values:
delta = value - prev_value
if delta > largest_delta:
largest_delta = delta
prev_value = value
return largest_delta
Is there a faster way to do this? It takes a while.
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