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max(array [, arg] [, /keepdims])
Returns one or more maximum values from the numerical
array. For real data types, the maximum is the value
closest to infinity. For complex data types, the maximum is the value
with the greatest magnitude. Generally, arg indicates
which dimensions are included in searching for a maximum. There must
not be any duplicates in the elements of arg. For example,
max(x, 0) returns the maximum value over all values of the first
dimension, and max(x, [0,1]) returns the maximum over all values
of the first two dimensions.
By default, the result has a number of dimensions equal to the number of
dimensions in array minus the number of elements of arg.
If /keepdims is specified, then the dimensions indicated by
arg are not omitted but set to 1.
If arg is a numerical array with the same number of
elements as array, then its elements indicate the class
each corresponding element of array belongs to and the
maximum value in each class is returned, with the maximum of class 0 or
the most negative class in the first element of the result.
The last found maximum value is stored in !lastmax and its index
in !lastmaxloc, and the corresponding numbers for the minima in
!lastmin and !lastminloc. For complex arrays, the values
stored in !lastmax and !lastmin are the magnitudes
of the corresponding extreme values.
e.g. if x = [[[1,7]],[[3,5]]] then max(x) = 7 max(x,0) =
[7,5] max(x,1) = [3,7].
See also: maxloc, min, minloc, !lastmax, !lastmaxloc, !lastmin, !lastminloc, local_max, local_maxloc, local_min, local_minloc, find_maxloc
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