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REBOL 3 Functions: max

max  value1  value2

Returns the greater of the two values.

Arguments:

value1 [scalar! date! series!]

value2 [scalar! date! series!]

See also:

min   maximum-of   <   >   maximum  

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


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