Need help writing an if statement involving vectors (2)

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I'm given a vector A, this vector contains five random numbers ranging from 1 to 13. I need to write an if statement to dertermine whether or not these numbers are in numerical order.
(meaning that the max(A) and min(4) have a difference of 4. And there are no repeating numbers.)
So the possibilities of A being "true" to my conditions are:
[13 12 11 10 9] [12 11 10 9 8] [11 10 9 8 7 6] [10 9 8 7 6] [9 8 7 6 5] [8 7 6 5 4] [7 6 5 4 3] [6 5 4 3 2] [5 4 3 2 1]
HOWEVER, here's the tricky part... the numbers in the given vector A can be in any order.
Any help appreciated, thank you!

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KL
KL on 5 May 2015
Edited: KL on 5 May 2015
issorted(A)
returns true if they are sorted! check here
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KL
KL on 5 May 2015
if you really want to use if statements, sort the vector using sort(), then compare the sorted array with your original array (using if).
Trevor Zane Simko
Trevor Zane Simko on 6 May 2015
I ended up just using sort() along with some other conditions. Thank you!

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James Tursa
James Tursa on 5 May 2015
Looks like homework to me, so I will just point you in the direction of the following functions:
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