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	<span class="pageSubtitle">Find maximum value in array</span>		<span class="pageSubtitle">Find maximum value in array</span>

	<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>~~Most Sirius~~ $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no direct OO equivalent for the $Arr_Max function because the OO methods emphasize the use of [[Collections]] over the use of arrays.</p>		<p class="warn"><b>Note:</b> Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no direct OO equivalent for the <var>$Arr_Max</var> function because the OO methods emphasize the use of [[Collections]] over the use of arrays.</p>

	<var>$Arr_Max</var> can be used to find the maximum value in an [[~~Using_variables_and_values_in_computation~~#.~~25Variable_arrays~~\|array]].		<var>$Arr_Max</var> can be used to find the maximum value in an [[Using variables and values in computation#.25Variable arrays\|array]].

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==
	<p class="syntax"><span class="term">%result</span> = $Arr_Max (array, maxnum)		<p class="syntax"><span class="term">%result</span> = $Arr_Max (<span class="term">array, maxnum</span>)
	</p>		</p>

	<p><~~var class="term"~~>%result</~~var~~> ~~indicates~~ the element number of the maximum value ~~in the array~~, or ~~indicates~~ a -1 if array or maxnum is invalid.</p>		<table>
	~~The first argument is an array of string, float, or fixed values. This array must be a single dimensional array and must not be an array in an image.~~		<tr><th>%result</th>
			<td>A numeric variable that is set to the array element number that contains the indicated maximum value, or it is set to a -1 if the array or <var class="term">maxnum</var> is invalid.</td></tr>

	The ~~second argument is the~~ highest array element number to check. This argument can be used to limit the search to the first "N" elements in an array where N is a positive integer.		<tr><th>array</th>
			<td>An array of string, float, or fixed values. This array must be a single dimensional array and must not be an array in an [[Images\|image]].</td></tr>

			<tr><th>maxnum</th>
			<td>The highest array element number to check. This argument can be used to limit the search to the first <var class="term">n</var> elements in an array, where <var class="term">n</var> is a positive integer.</td></tr>
			</table>

	==Usage notes==		==Usage notes==
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	==Examples==		==Examples==
	In the following example		In the following example
	<p class="code"> %FXARRAY IS FIXED ARRAY(5)		<p class="code">%FXARRAY IS FIXED ARRAY(5)
			%FXARRAY(1) = 81
	%FXARRAY(1) = 81		%FXARRAY(2) = 49
	%FXARRAY(2) = 49		%FXARRAY(3) = 121
	%FXARRAY(3) = 121		%FXARRAY(4) = 25
	%FXARRAY(4) = 25		%NUM = $Arr_Max(%FXARRAY)
	%NUM = $Arr_Max(%FXARRAY)
	</p>		</p>
	%NUM is set to 3.
			<code>%NUM</code> is set to 3.

	In the following example		In the following example
	<p class="code"> %STARRAY IS STRING LEN 20 ARRAY(5)		<p class="code">%STARRAY IS STRING LEN 20 ARRAY(5)
			%STARRAY(1) = 'HOMER'
	%STARRAY(1) = 'HOMER'		%STARRAY(2) = 'MARGE'
	%STARRAY(2) = 'MARGE'		%STARRAY(3) = 'BART'
	%STARRAY(3) = 'BART'		%STARRAY(4) = 'KRUSTY'
	%STARRAY(4) = 'KRUSTY'		%STARRAY(5) = 'SELMA'
	%STARRAY(5) = 'SELMA'		%NUM = $Arr_Max(%STARRAY, 4)
	%NUM = $Arr_Max(%STARRAY, 4)
	</p>		</p>
	%NUM is set to 2.<p>
			<code>%NUM</code> is set to 2.<p>

	==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}==		==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}==

	<ul class="smallAndTightList">		<ul class="smallAndTightList">
	<li>[[List of $functions\|Sirius functions]]</li>		<li>[[List of $functions\|Sirius functions]]</li>
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	<li>[[Media:SirfieldNew.pdf\|Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li>		<li>[[Media:SirfieldNew.pdf\|Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li>
	</ul>		</ul>


	[[Category:$Functions\|$Arr_Max]]		[[Category:$Functions\|$Arr_Max]]

DCameron at 16:18, 8 January 2018

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	<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no direct OO equivalent for the $Arr_Max function because the OO methods emphasize the use of [[Collections]] over the use of arrays.</p>		<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is no direct OO equivalent for the $Arr_Max function because the OO methods emphasize the use of [[Collections]] over the use of arrays.</p>

	<var>$Arr_Max</var> can be used to find the maximum value in an array.		<var>$Arr_Max</var> can be used to find the maximum value in an [[Using_variables_and_values_in_computation#.25Variable_arrays\|array]].

	==Syntax==		==Syntax==

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