Leaderboard

This is a replication of an old game called Bulldozer created by John 'FlyMan' Hattan (The Code Zone). There is another implementation in AutoHotkey made by Weston Campbell so I made one in AutoIt. In Weston's github repository you can check the game objective and all valid movements and objects. The controls are: UP - Move bulldozer up DOWN - Move bulldozer down RIGHT - Move bulldozer right LEFT - Move bulldozer left R - Restart current level U - Undo last move J - Jump to a specific level PAUSE - Pause the game Currently I added just first 30 40 60 levels but the original game have 180 levels (eventually I will add all of them). Since Weston's code is on github I suppose it's under some kind of creative license so I didn't bother to create other sprites but if someone have time and inspiration to create new sprites, I am open to add new sprites. To do: Maybe some music Hall of fame / Score table Add all original game levels Add more custom levels Provide access to settings (fonts, colors, sprites, hotkeys, etc) In the attachment is a compiled executable and also the source code. #NoTrayIcon #include-once #include <GDIPlus.au3> #include <WinAPI.au3> #include <SQLite.au3> If Not FileExists(@ScriptDir & '\Bulldozer.sqlite') Then MsgBox(0x10, 'Error', 'Database could not be located!', 10) Exit EndIf _SQLite_Startup(@ScriptDir & '\sqlite3.dll') Global $hDB = _SQLite_Open(@ScriptDir & '\Bulldozer.sqlite') Global Const $TileSize = Number(ReadProperty('TileSize', 32)) Global Const $XTiles = Number(ReadProperty('XTiles', 35)) Global Const $YTiles = Number(ReadProperty('YTiles', 25)) If @DesktopWidth < $XTiles * $TileSize Or @DesktopHeight < $YTiles * $TileSize Then MsgBox(0x30, 'Warning', 'For a better experience you need a display with a resolution ' & String($XTiles * $TileSize) & 'x' & String($YTiles * $TileSize) & '.', 10) EndIf Global $X, $Y, $Direction Global $mResources[] Global $mTiles[] Global $aTiles = GetTiles() If IsArray($aTiles) Then For $Index = 1 To UBound($aTiles) - 1 If $aTiles[$Index][1] Then $mTiles[$aTiles[$Index][0]] = $aTiles[$Index][1] Next Else _SQLite_Close() _SQLite_Shutdown() MsgBox(0x10, 'Error', 'Cannot retrieve game tiles from database!', 10) Exit EndIf Global $CurrentLevel = 1 Global $MaxLevel = Number(ReadProperty('MaxLevel', 1)) Global $AutoRestart = Number(ReadProperty('AutoRestart', 0)) Global $Font = ReadProperty('Font', 'Segoe UI') Global $FontSize = Number(ReadProperty('FontSize', 40)) Global $SecFontSize = Number(ReadProperty('SMFontSize', 20)) Global $MessageColor = ReadProperty('MessageColor', 0xFFFFFFFF) Global $SecMessageColor = ReadProperty('SMColor', 0xFF00A000) Global $Start, $PlayTime = 0, $Pause = False, $MsgShow = False Global $LastMove = Null, $PrevLevel = Null, $NumOfMoves = 0 Global $hMain, $aLevel[$YTiles][$XTiles] Global $ClearColor = ReadProperty('ClearColor', '0xFF000000') Global $KeyboardEnabled = False _GDIPlus_Startup() $mResources['Bitmap'] = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromScan0($XTiles * $TileSize, $YTiles * $TileSize) $mResources['Graphics'] = _GDIPlus_ImageGetGraphicsContext($mResources['Bitmap']) _GDIPlus_GraphicsSetCompositingMode($mResources['Graphics'], 0) _GDIPlus_GraphicsSetCompositingQuality($mResources['Graphics'], 2) _GDIPlus_GraphicsSetInterpolationMode($mResources['Graphics'], 2) _GDIPlus_GraphicsSetSmoothingMode($mResources['Graphics'], 2) _GDIPlus_GraphicsSetTextRenderingHint($mResources['Graphics'], 3) For $Index = 1 To UBound($aTiles) - 1 If $aTiles[$Index][2] Then $mResources[$aTiles[$Index][0]] = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromMemory(Unpack($aTiles[$Index][2])) Next $hMain = GUICreate('Bulldozer', $XTiles * $TileSize, $YTiles * $TileSize) $hPic = GUICtrlCreatePic('', 0, 0, $XTiles * $TileSize, $YTiles * $TileSize) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hMain) LoadLevel() DrawLevel() DrawBulldozer($mResources['Bulldozer' & $Direction]) PushToScreen() While True If GUIGetMsg() = -3 Then Quit() If LevelDone() Then NextLevel() If WinActive($hMain) Then If $KeyboardEnabled = False Then KeyboardInput(True) Else If $KeyboardEnabled Then KeyboardInput(False) EndIf Sleep(10) WEnd Func Quit() Local $aKeys = MapKeys($mResources) For $Index = 0 To UBound($aKeys) - 1 $aKeys[$Index] = 'Graphics' ? _GDIPlus_GraphicsDispose($mResources[$aKeys[$Index]]) : _GDIPlus_BitmapDispose($mResources[$aKeys[$Index]]) Next _GDIPlus_Shutdown() _SQLite_Close() _SQLite_Shutdown() Exit EndFunc Func KeyboardInput($Set = True) Local $aKeys = GetKeyboard() If IsArray($aKeys) Then For $Index = 1 To UBound($aKeys) - 1 HotKeySet($aKeys[$Index][0], $Set ? $aKeys[$Index][1] : Null) Next EndIf $KeyboardEnabled = $Set EndFunc Func MoveRight() If $Pause Or $MsgShow Then Return $PrevLevel = $aLevel IsMovable($X + 1, $Y) If $X + 1 < $XTiles And IsMovable($X + 1, $Y) Then If IsRock($X + 1, $Y) And (IsEmpty($X + 2, $Y) Or IsEmptySocket($X + 2, $Y)) Then $aLevel[$Y][$X + 1] = IsSocket($X + 1, $Y) ? $mTiles['Socket'] : $mTiles['None'] $aLevel[$Y][$X + 2] = IsEmpty($X + 2, $Y) ? $mTiles['Rock'] : $mTiles['RockSocket'] $X += 1 ElseIf IsRock($X + 1, $Y) And (Not IsMovable($X + 2, $Y) Or IsRock($X + 2, $Y)) Then $X = $X Else $X += 1 EndIf $NumOfMoves += 1 EndIf $LastMove = 'R' DrawLevel() DrawBulldozer($mResources['BulldozerR']) PushToScreen() EndFunc Func MoveLeft() If $Pause Or $MsgShow Then Return $PrevLevel = $aLevel If $X - 1 > 0 And IsMovable($X - 1, $Y) Then If IsRock($X - 1, $Y) And (IsEmpty($X - 2, $Y) Or IsEmptySocket($X - 2, $Y)) Then $aLevel[$Y][$X - 1] = IsSocket($X - 1, $Y) ? $mTiles['Socket'] : $mTiles['None'] $aLevel[$Y][$X - 2] = IsEmpty($X - 2, $Y) ? $mTiles['Rock'] : $mTiles['RockSocket'] $X -= 1 ElseIf IsRock($X - 1, $Y) And (Not IsMovable($X - 2, $Y) Or IsRock($X - 2, $Y)) Then $X = $X Else $X -= 1 EndIf $NumOfMoves += 1 EndIf $LastMove = 'L' DrawLevel() DrawBulldozer($mResources['BulldozerL']) PushToScreen() EndFunc Func MoveUp() If $Pause Or $MsgShow Then Return $PrevLevel = $aLevel If $Y - 1 > 0 And IsMovable($X, $Y - 1) Then If IsRock($X, $Y - 1) And (IsEmpty($X, $Y - 2) Or IsEmptySocket($X, $Y - 2)) Then $aLevel[$Y - 1][$X] = IsSocket($X, $Y - 1) ? $mTiles['Socket'] : $mTiles['None'] $aLevel[$Y - 2][$X] = IsEmpty($X, $Y - 2) ? $mTiles['Rock'] : $mTiles['RockSocket'] $Y -= 1 ElseIf IsRock($X, $Y - 1) And (Not IsMovable($X, $Y - 2) Or IsRock($X, $Y - 2)) Then $Y = $Y Else $Y -= 1 EndIf $NumOfMoves += 1 EndIf $LastMove = 'U' DrawLevel() DrawBulldozer($mResources['BulldozerU']) PushToScreen() EndFunc Func MoveDown() If $Pause Or $MsgShow Then Return $PrevLevel = $aLevel If $Y + 1 < $YTiles And IsMovable($X, $Y + 1) Then If IsRock($X, $Y + 1) And (IsEmpty($X, $Y + 2) Or IsEmptySocket($X, $Y + 2)) Then $aLevel[$Y + 1][$X] = IsSocket($X, $Y + 1) ? $mTiles['Socket'] : $mTiles['None'] $aLevel[$Y + 2][$X] = IsEmpty($X, $Y + 2) ? $mTiles['Rock'] : $mTiles['RockSocket'] $Y += 1 ElseIf IsRock($X, $Y + 1) And (Not IsMovable($X, $Y + 2) Or IsRock($X, $Y + 2)) Then $Y = $Y Else $Y += 1 EndIf $NumOfMoves += 1 EndIf $LastMove = 'D' DrawLevel() DrawBulldozer($mResources['BulldozerD']) PushToScreen() EndFunc Func IsMovable($CX, $CY) If $CX < 0 Or $CX >= $XTiles Then Return False If $CY < 0 Or $CY >= $YTiles Then Return False Switch $aLevel[$CY][$CX] Case $mTiles['None'], $mTiles['Rock'], $mTiles['RockSocket'], $mTiles['Socket'] Return True Case Else Return False EndSwitch EndFunc Func IsRock($CX, $CY) If $CX < 0 Or $CX >= $XTiles Then Return False If $CY < 0 Or $CY >= $YTiles Then Return False Switch $aLevel[$CY][$CX] Case $mTiles['Rock'], $mTiles['RockSocket'] Return True Case Else Return False EndSwitch EndFunc Func IsEmpty($CX, $CY) If $CX < 0 Or $CX >= $XTiles Then Return False If $CY < 0 Or $CY >= $YTiles Then Return False Switch $aLevel[$CY][$CX] Case $mTiles['None'] Return True Case Else Return False EndSwitch EndFunc Func IsEmptySocket($CX, $CY) If $CX < 0 Or $CX >= $XTiles Then Return False If $CY < 0 Or $CY >= $YTiles Then Return False Switch $aLevel[$CY][$CX] Case $mTiles['Socket'] Return True Case Else Return False EndSwitch EndFunc Func IsSocket($CX, $CY) If $CX < 0 Or $CX >= $XTiles Then Return False If $CY < 0 Or $CY >= $YTiles Then Return False Switch $aLevel[$CY][$CX] Case $mTiles['RockSocket'], $mTiles['Socket'] Return True Case Else Return False EndSwitch EndFunc Func JumpToLevel() Local $iLevel = InputBox('Jump to level', 'Please type the level that you want to play') If $iLevel And Int($iLevel) > 0 And Int($iLevel) <= $MaxLevel Then $CurrentLevel = $iLevel LoadLevel() DrawLevel() DrawBulldozer($mResources['Bulldozer' & $Direction]) PushToScreen() EndIf EndFunc Func LevelDone() For $j = 0 To $YTiles - 1 For $i = 0 To $XTiles - 1 If $aLevel[$j][$i] = $mTiles['Socket'] Then Return False Next Next Return True EndFunc Func NextLevel() $PlayTime += Int(TimerDiff($Start) / 1000) ShowMessage('Level ' & $CurrentLevel & ' completed.' & @CRLF & ' ', 'Solved in ' & $NumOfMoves & ' moves.' & @CRLF & 'Time: ' & FormatTime($PlayTime), 4000) If $CurrentLevel + 1 > $MaxLevel Then GameEnd() Else $CurrentLevel += 1 LoadLevel() DrawLevel() DrawBulldozer($mResources['Bulldozer' & $Direction]) PushToScreen() EndIf EndFunc Func LoadLevel() Local $Data = SQLite_Query($hDB, 'SELECT Data FROM levels WHERE Level = ' & $CurrentLevel) If @extended Then $Data = BinaryToString(Unpack($Data[1][0])) $Data = StringSplit($Data, @CRLF, 1) For $Line = 1 To $YTiles Local $Row = StringSplit($Data[$Line], '') For $Index = 1 To $Row[0] $aLevel[$Line - 1][$Index - 1] = $Row[$Index] Next Next $X = $Data[26] $Y = $Data[27] $Direction = $Data[28] ShowMessage('Level ' & $CurrentLevel) $NumOfMoves = 0 $PlayTime = 0 $Start = TimerInit() EndIf EndFunc Func RestartLevel() If $Pause Then Return LoadLevel() DrawLevel() DrawBulldozer($mResources['Bulldozer' & $Direction]) PushToScreen() EndFunc Func GameEnd() ShowMessage('Congratulations!' & @CRLF & @CRLF & 'You have finished the game.', Null, 4000) If $AutoRestart Then $CurrentLevel = 1 RestartLevel() Else Quit() EndIf EndFunc Func FormatTime($Sec) If $Sec < 60 Then Return $Sec & ' seconds' Local $Min = Int($Sec / 60) $Sec -= $Min * 60 If $Min > 60 Then Local $Hours = Int($Sec / 60) $Min -= $Hours * 60 Return $Hours & ' hour' & ($Hours > 1 ? 's' : '') & ($Min <> 0 ? ', ' & $Min & ' minute' & ($Min > 1 ? 's' : '') : '') & ($Sec <> 0 ? ', ' & $Sec & ' second' & ($Sec > 1 ? 's' : '') : '') Else Return $Min & ' minute' & ($Min > 1 ? 's' : '') & ($Sec <> 0 ? ', ' & $Sec & ' second' & ($Sec > 1 ? 's' : '') : '') EndIf EndFunc Func ShowMessage($Message, $SecMessage = Null, $iDelay = 1500) $MsgShow = True Local $hFamily = _GDIPlus_FontFamilyCreate($Font) Local $hFont = _GDIPlus_FontCreate($hFamily, $FontSize, 1) Local $tLayout = _GDIPlus_RectFCreate(0, 0, $XTiles * $TileSize, ($SecMessage ? ($YTiles * $TileSize / 2) : ($YTiles * $TileSize))) Local $hBrush = _GDIPlus_BrushCreateSolid($MessageColor) Local $hFormat = _GDIPlus_StringFormatCreate() _GDIPlus_StringFormatSetAlign($hFormat, 1) _GDIPlus_StringFormatSetLineAlign($hFormat, ($SecMessage ? 2 : 1)) _GDIPlus_GraphicsClear($mResources['Graphics'], $ClearColor) _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawStringEx($mResources['Graphics'], $Message, $hFont, $tLayout, $hFormat, $hBrush) If $SecMessage Then _GDIPlus_StringFormatSetLineAlign($hFormat, 0) Local $hSecFont = _GDIPlus_FontCreate($hFamily, $SecFontSize, 1) Local $tSecLayout = _GDIPlus_RectFCreate(0, ($YTiles * $TileSize / 2) , $XTiles * $TileSize, $YTiles * $TileSize / 2) Local $hSecBrush = _GDIPlus_BrushCreateSolid($SecMessageColor) _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawStringEx($mResources['Graphics'], $SecMessage, $hSecFont, $tSecLayout, $hFormat, $hSecBrush) EndIf PushToScreen() _GDIPlus_StringFormatDispose($hFormat) _GDIPlus_BrushDispose($hBrush) _GDIPlus_FontDispose($hFont) If $SecMessage Then _GDIPlus_BrushDispose($hSecBrush) _GDIPlus_FontDispose($hSecFont) EndIf _GDIPlus_FontFamilyDispose($hFamily) Local $DelayTimer = TimerInit() Do If GUIGetMsg() = -3 Then Quit() Sleep(10) Until TimerDiff($DelayTimer) >= $iDelay $MsgShow = False EndFunc Func UndoLastMove() If $PrevLevel = Null Then Return If $LastMove = Null Then Return If $Pause Then Return $aLevel = $PrevLevel DrawLevel() Switch $LastMove Case 'R' $X -= 1 DrawBulldozer($mResources['BulldozerR']) Case 'L' $X += 1 DrawBulldozer($mResources['BulldozerL']) Case 'U' $Y += 1 DrawBulldozer($mResources['BulldozerU']) Case 'D' $Y -= 1 DrawBulldozer($mResources['BulldozerD']) EndSwitch PushToScreen() $PrevLevel = Null $NumOfMoves -= 1 EndFunc Func Pause() $Pause = Not $Pause If $Pause Then $PlayTime += Int(TimerDiff($Start) / 1000) ShowMessage('Game is paused.', 'Press {Pause} button to resume your game.', 10) Else DrawLevel() DrawBulldozer($mResources['Bulldozer' & $Direction]) PushToScreen() $Start = TimerInit() EndIf Do Sleep(10) Until $Pause = False EndFunc Func DrawLevel() _GDIPlus_GraphicsClear($mResources['Graphics'], $ClearColor) For $j = 0 To $YTiles - 1 For $i = 0 To $XTiles - 1 Switch $aLevel[$j][$i] Case $mTiles['Wall1'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Wall1'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['Wall2'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Wall2'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['Wall3'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Wall3'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['Wall4'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Wall4'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['Wall5'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Wall5'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['Wall6'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Wall6'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['Wall7'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Wall7'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['Wall8'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Wall8'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['Rock'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Rock'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['RockSocket'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['RockSocket'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) Case $mTiles['Socket'] _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $mResources['Socket'], $i * $TileSize, $j * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) EndSwitch Next Next EndFunc Func DrawBulldozer($hImage) _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect($mResources['Graphics'], $hImage, $X * $TileSize, $Y * $TileSize, $TileSize, $TileSize) EndFunc Func PushToScreen() Local $hHBITMAP = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateHBITMAPFromBitmap($mResources['Bitmap']) _WinAPI_DeleteObject(GUICtrlSendMsg($hPic, 0x0172, 0, $hHBITMAP)) _WinAPI_DeleteObject($hHBITMAP) EndFunc Func ReadProperty($sProperty, $vFallback = Null) Local $aQuery = SQLite_Query($hDB, "SELECT Value FROM settings WHERE Property = " & _SQLite_FastEscape($sProperty)) If @extended Then Return $aQuery[1][0] Else Return $vFallback EndIf EndFunc Func GetTiles($vFallback = Null) Local $aQuery = SQLite_Query($hDB, 'SELECT Tile, Symbol, Data FROM tiles') If @extended Then Return $aQuery Else Return $vFallback EndIf EndFunc Func GetKeyboard($vFallback = Null) Local $aQuery = SQLite_Query($hDB, 'SELECT Key, Function FROM keyboard') If @extended Then Return $aQuery Else Return $vFallback EndIf EndFunc Func SQLite_Query($hDB, $sQuery) Local $aResult, $iRows, $iColumns _SQLite_GetTable2d($hDB, $sQuery, $aResult, $iRows, $iColumns) If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, False) Else Return SetError(0, UBound($aResult, 1) - 1, $aResult) EndIf EndFunc Func Unpack($bData) Local $tData = DllStructCreate('byte Data[' & BinaryLen($bData) & ']') Local $bCode = Binary('0x8B7424048B4C2408AC347F8846FF4975F7C20800') Local $iSize = BinaryLen($bCode) Local $tCode = DllStructCreate('byte Code[' & $iSize & ']') DllStructSetData($tCode, 'Code', $bCode) DllStructSetData($tData, 'Data', $bData) DllCallAddress('int', DllStructGetPtr($tCode), 'ptr', DllStructGetPtr($tData), 'int', DllStructGetSize($tData)) Return DllStructGetData($tData, 'Data') EndFunc Have fun! Bulldozer.zip

I sugesst to all interested in WebDriver usage to check wd_demo.au3 especially DemoFrames because there is many changes related to frames and DemoFrames should show how to use the new stuff.

Hi @malcev All python google samples examples, except audio classifier, are available here https://github.com/smbape/node-autoit-mediapipe-com/tree/v0.4.0/examples/googlesamples/examples

Update mediapipe to 0.9.3.0

Easier, as finding a solution for level 8.

Latest update just released. See below for change log.

Apologizing for bumping an old post, I just want to provide a cleaner snippet, which is more intuitive based on MSDOC's APPBARDATA: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/ns-shellapi-appbardata ToggleTaskbarAutoHide() MsgBox(262144, '', 'Taskbar autohide toggled') ToggleTaskbarAutoHide() Func ToggleTaskbarAutoHide() Local Const $ABM_GETSTATE = 0x00000004 Local Const $ABM_SETSTATE = 0x0000000A Local Const $ABS_AUTOHIDE = 0x00000001 Local Const $ABS_ALWAYSONTOP = 0x00000002 Local $tAPPBARDATA = DllStructCreate('dword;int;uint;uint;int[4];int') DllStructSetData($tAPPBARDATA, 1, DllStructGetSize($tAPPBARDATA)) DllStructSetData($tAPPBARDATA, 2, WinGetHandle('[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]')) Local $iCurrentState = DllCall('shell32.dll', 'int', 'SHAppBarMessage', 'dword', $ABM_GETSTATE, 'ptr', DllStructGetPtr($tAPPBARDATA)) Local $iNewState = $iCurrentState[0] ? $ABS_ALWAYSONTOP : $ABS_AUTOHIDE DllStructSetData($tAPPBARDATA, 6, $iNewState) DllCall('shell32.dll', 'int', 'SHAppBarMessage', 'dword', $ABM_SETSTATE, 'ptr', DllStructGetPtr($tAPPBARDATA)) EndFunc

To avoid excessive useless comparisons replace For $i = 1 To UBound($array)-1 ; after sort $array[0] is the <max> by definition If $array[$i] = $maxvalue Then $counter +=1 Next with For $i = 1 To UBound($array)-1 ; after sort $array[0] is the <max> by definition If $array[$i] < $maxvalue Then ExitLoop ; eliminate redundant compares $counter +=1 Next Test with array of 1 million numbers #include <Array.au3> ; Local $array[1000000], $i, $counter, $maxvalue ; $array[0]=22 $array[1]=13 $array[2]=11 $array[3]=99 $array[4]=2 $array[5]=17 $array[6]=99 $array[7]=23 $array[8]=99 $array[9]=74 Local $hTimer, $DeltaT ConsoleWrite("Array size = " & UBound($array) & @CRLF) $hTimer = TimerInit() For $i = 10 To UBound($array)-1 $array[$i] = Random(0, 98, 1) Next $DeltaT = TimerDiff($hTimer) ConsoleWrite("Delta T (init) = " & $DeltaT & @CRLF) $hTimer = TimerInit() _ArraySort($array, 1) ; sort in descending order $DeltaT = TimerDiff($hTimer) ConsoleWrite("Delta T (sort) = " & $DeltaT & @CRLF) ; $maxvalue = $array[0] ; max value $counter = 1 ; # of max value detections ; $hTimer = TimerInit() For $i = 1 To UBound($array)-1 ; after sort $array[0] is the <max> by definition If $array[$i] < $maxvalue Then ExitLoop ; eliminate redundant compares $counter +=1 Next $DeltaT = TimerDiff($hTimer) ConsoleWrite("Delta T (count) = " & $DeltaT & @CRLF) ConsoleWrite("Max value " & $maxValue & " occurs " & $counter & " time(s)." & @CRLF) ; --- end of job --- >"C:\DevTools\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "D:\Alecsis\Prog\AutoIt\_Debug\tt4.au3" Array size = 1000000 Delta T (init) = 1436.309 Delta T (sort) = 52488.0108 Delta T (count) = 0.0094 Max value 99 occurs 3 time(s). >Exit code: 0 Time: 54.13

@Nine's is the solution that I would do as well, as it's the simplest and I would assume fastest. I was curious though how the suggestions here stacked up, so I did some tests. _Occurance_Max_Find = @RTFC _Occurance_Counter = @Nine _Occurance_Sort_Count = @Alecsis1 I did make a change to Alexsis1's solution to exit the for loop when $array[$i] <> $maxvalue, since it's sorted, exits a bit sooner When using a 10 row array: [====================== Run progress, 10,000 times * 3 functions ======================] +———————————————————————+—————————————————+———————————————+——————————————+—————————————+ | Function Name | Time Taken (ms) | Avg Time (ms) | Std Dev (ms) | Faster By % | +———————————————————————+—————————————————+———————————————+——————————————+—————————————+ | _Occurance_Max_Find | 4074.57 | 0.4075 | 0.0849 | 0.00 | +| _Occurance_Counter | 185.19 | 0.0185 | 0.0086 | 95.46 | | _Occurance_Sort_Count | 893.57 | 0.0894 | 0.0313 | 78.07 | +———————————————————————+—————————————————+———————————————+——————————————+—————————————+ When increasing the size to 100: [====================== Run progress, 10,000 times * 3 functions ======================] +———————————————————————+—————————————————+———————————————+——————————————+—————————————+ | Function Name | Time Taken (ms) | Avg Time (ms) | Std Dev (ms) | Faster By % | +———————————————————————+—————————————————+———————————————+——————————————+—————————————+ | _Occurance_Max_Find | 8702.17 | 0.8702 | 0.1885 | 30.33 | +| _Occurance_Counter | 1213.34 | 0.1213 | 0.0436 | 90.29 | | _Occurance_Sort_Count | 12490.12 | 1.2490 | 0.2485 | 0.00 | +———————————————————————+—————————————————+———————————————+——————————————+—————————————+ And then 10,000: [======================= Run progress, 100 times * 3 functions ========================] +———————————————————————+—————————————————+———————————————+——————————————+—————————————+ | Function Name | Time Taken (ms) | Avg Time (ms) | Std Dev (ms) | Faster By % | +———————————————————————+—————————————————+———————————————+——————————————+—————————————+ | _Occurance_Max_Find | 5833.96 | 58.3396 | 4.6752 | 72.94 | +| _Occurance_Counter | 1181.70 | 11.8170 | 1.2320 | 94.52 | | _Occurance_Sort_Count | 21559.50 | 215.5950 | 9.1349 | 0.00 | +———————————————————————+—————————————————+———————————————+——————————————+—————————————+ It's interesting that Sorting is a lot faster when the array size is smaller, but it quickly loses speed. It switches somewhere around ~50-60 indexes, though the data also likely affects it quite a bit.

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