@stdlib/math-base-special-maxn

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maxn

Return the maximum value.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/math-base-special-maxn

Usage

var maxn = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-maxn' );

maxn( [x[, y[, ...args]]] )

Returns the maximum value.

var v = maxn( 4.2, 3.14 );
// returns 4.2

v = maxn( +0.0, -0.0 );
// returns +0.0

v = maxn( 4.2, 3.14, -1.0, 6.8 );
// returns 6.8

If any argument is NaN, the function returns NaN.

var v = maxn( 4.2, NaN );
// returns NaN

v = maxn( NaN, 3.14 );
// returns NaN

If not provided any arguments, the function returns -infinity.

var v = maxn();
// returns -Infinity

Notes

• When an empty set is considered a subset of the extended reals (all real numbers, including positive and negative infinity), negative infinity is the least upper bound. Similar to zero being the identity element for the sum of an empty set and to one being the identity element for the product of an empty set, negative infinity is the identity element for the maximum, and thus, the function returns -infinity.

Examples

var minstd = require( '@stdlib/random-base-minstd-shuffle' );
var maxn = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-maxn' );

var x;
var y;
var v;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    x = minstd();
    y = minstd();
    v = maxn( x, y );
    console.log( 'max(%d,%d) = %d', x, y, v );
}

See Also

• @stdlib/math-base/special/max: return the maximum value.
• @stdlib/math-base/special/maxabsn: return the maximum absolute value.
• @stdlib/math-base/special/minn: return the minimum value.

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