Max - Function Summary

Summary:

Returns the greater of the two values.

Usage:

max value1 value2

Arguments:

value1 - The value1 argument. (must be: number pair char money date time tuple series)

value2 - The value2 argument. (must be: number pair char money date time tuple series)

Description:

Returns the maximum of two values.

    print max 0 100
    100

    print max 0 -100
    0

    print max 4.56 4.2
    4.56

The maximum value is computed by comparison, so MAX can also be used for non-numeric datatypes as well.

print max 1.2.3 1.2.8
1.2.8

print max "abc" "abd"
abd

print max 12:00 11:00
12:00

print max 1-Jan-1920 20-Feb-1952
20-Feb-1952

Using MAX on XY pairs will return the maximum of each X and Y coordinate separately.

print max 100x10 200x20
200x20

Related:

< - Returns TRUE if the first value is less than the second value. > - Returns TRUE if the first value is greater than the second value. maximum - Returns the greater of the two values. maximum-of - Finds the largest value in a series min - Returns the lesser of the two values.