MAX()

Returns the maximum of two numbers or dates.

Syntax

MAX(<xValue>,<xValue1>) --> <xMax>

Arguments

<xValue> Any date or numeric value.

<xValue1> Any date or numeric value (same type as <xValue>).

Returns

<xMax> The larger numeric (or later date) value.

Description

This function returns the larger of the two passed espressions. If and are numeric data types, the value returned by this function will be a numeric data type as well and will be the larger of the two numbers passed to it. If and are date data types, the return value will be a date data type as well. It will be the later of the two dates passed to it.

Examples

? MAX(214514214,6251242142)
? MAX(CTOD('11/11/2000'),CTOD('21/06/2014')

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is Ca-Clipper compliant.

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

See Also