How to exclude "inf(inite)" values when checking laser values?

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Hi @dave.m.mckay,

A good way of ignoring laser values with infinite is checking whether the laser value is inf.
In your code below:

distance = float(laser)
if biggest < distance:
    biggest = distance

this could be achieved with (note and distance != inf):

inf = float('inf')

…

distance = float(laser)
if biggest < distance and distance != inf:
    biggest = distance

This should solve the problem.

Please let us know in case you have more questions.