MAX( ) Function
Evaluates a set of expressions and returns the expression with the maximum value.
MAX(eExpression1, eExpression2 [, eExpression3 ...])
Parameters
- eExpression1, eExpression2[, eExpression3...]
Specify the expressions from which you want MAX( ) to return the expression with the highest value. All the expressions must be of the same data type.
Return Value
Character, Numeric, Currency, Double, Float, Date, or DateTime
Example
The following example uses APPEND BLANK to create a table with 10 records containing random values, then uses MIN( ) and MAX( ) to display the maximum and minimum values in the table.
CLOSE DATABASES
CREATE TABLE Random (cValue N(3))
FOR nItem = 1 TO 10 && Append 10 records,
APPEND BLANK
REPLACE cValue WITH 1 + 100 * RAND( ) && Insert random values
ENDFOR
CLEAR
LIST && Display the values
gnMaximum = 1 && Initialize minimum value
gnMinimum = 100 && Initialize maximum value
SCAN
gnMinimum = MIN(gnMinimum, cValue)
gnMaximum = MAX(gnMaximum, cValue)
ENDSCAN
? 'The minimum value is: ', gnMinimum && Display minimum value
? 'The maximum value is: ', gnMaximum && Display maximum value