math max
For math.
Returns the maximum of a list of values, or of columns in a table.
Command Type
built-in
Signature
> math max {flags} ...rest
Parameters
...rest: The cell-paths/columns to operate on.
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| list<number> | number |
| list<duration> | duration |
| list<filesize> | filesize |
| list<any> | any |
| range | number |
| table | record |
| record | record |
Examples
Find the maximum of a list of numbers.
> [-50 100 25] | math max
100Find the maxima of the columns of a table.
> [{a: 1 b: 3} {a: 2 b: -1}] | math max
╭───┬───╮
│ a │ 2 │
│ b │ 3 │
╰───┴───╯Find the maximum of a list of dates.
> [2022-02-02 2022-12-30 2012-12-12] | math max
Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 (3 years ago)Find the maximum of list-valued columns in a record.
> {alice: [1 5 3], bob: [4 5 6]} | math max
╭───────┬───╮
│ alice │ 5 │
│ bob │ 6 │
╰───────┴───╯Find the maximum of a single column using a cell path.
> {alice: [1 5 3], bob: [4 5 6]} | math max alice
╭───────┬───────────╮
│ alice │ 5 │
│ │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│ bob │ │ 0 │ 4 │ │
│ │ │ 1 │ 5 │ │
│ │ │ 2 │ 6 │ │
│ │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───────┴───────────╯Ported from nushell/nushell.github.io. Copyright (c) 2021 Nushell Project. MIT License.