AMAX()

Purpose

Function to return the highest element value in an array

Syntax

AMAX(<array>)

See Also

AADD(), AAVERAGE(), ACOPY(), ADEL(), ADESC(), ADIR(), AELEMENT(), AFIELDS(), AFILL(), AINS(), ALEN(), AMIN(), APPEND FROM ARRAY, ARRAY(), ASCAN(), ASIZE(), ASORT(), ASTORE(), ASTRING(), ASUBSCRIPT(), ASUM(), COPY TO ARRAY, DECLARE, DIMENSION, GATHER, IN_ARRAY(), IS_ARRAY(), LOCAL, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, RELEASE, RESTORE, SAVE, SCATTER

Description

The AMAX() function evaluates all the numeric elements in the specified <array> and returns the highest value.

Example

use payroll
declare number[reccount(),1]
copy to array number fields total
? amax(number)
   8165.19