max

Computes the maximum value of a multi-dimensional array.

Prototype

	function max (
		value  : numeric   
	)

	return_val [1] :  numeric

Arguments

An array of one or more numeric values of any dimension.

Return value

Returns a scalar of the same type as value.

Description

This function returns the maximum value for an array of any dimensionality. Missing values are ignored; a missing value is returned only if all values are missing.

See Also

min, minind, maxind, dim_min, dim_max, dim_min_n, dim_max_n

Examples

Example 1

  f = (/2.1, 3.2, 4.3, 5.4, 6.5, 7.6, 8.7, 9.8/)
  max_f = max(f)
  print(max_f)        ; Should be 9.8