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The Maximum Function

Calling Sequence:
max(
$x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n}$)
Parameters:
xi : real

Returns: real

Synopsis: Returns the maximum element of $x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n}$.

Examples:

> max(5, 97, 22, 14);

See also: min




Gaston Gonnet
1998-09-15