MAX()
Returns the maximum of two numbers or dates.
- Syntax
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- MAX(<xValue>,<xValue1>) --> <xMax>
- Arguments
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- <xValue> Any date or numeric value.
- <xValue1> Any date or numeric value (same type as <xValue>).
- Returns
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- <xMax> The larger numeric (or later date) value.
- Description
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- This function returns the larger of the two passed espressions. If <xValue> and <xValue1> 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 <xValue> and <xValue1> 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
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- This function is Ca-Clipper compliant.
- Platforms
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- All
- Files
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- Library is rtl
- See Also