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max

Format: max( list )
max(
x1, x2, ... )

Arguments: [any] list Input list

(any) x1, x2, ... Input values

Returns: (any) The largest element in list if only one argument is supplied or the largest of all arguments if more than one argument is supplied

Note: If list contains text strings, max returns the string that is last in an alphabetic sort of all elements.

Examples: max([1,2,3,4,5]) = 5

max(1,2,3,4,5) = 5

max(["a","b","c"]) = c

See Also: best, pct, min, med, count, sum, prod, avg, std, variance, emv, bin

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