What is the max() function in R?

Overview

The max() function in R is used to return the maximum value of a given vector.

Syntax

max(...)
Syntax for the max() function in R

Parameter

The max() function takes ... as a parameter value. This represents the vector objects from which the maximum value is to be determined.

Return value

The max() function returns a numeric value with the maximum value in a vector object.

Example

Let's look at the code below:

# creating vector objects

a <- c(1, 3, 2, 5, 6)

b <- c(100, 4, 1)

c <- c(99.9, 46, 3, 5)



# obtaining the maximum value from the list of vector objects

max(a, b, c)

Explanation

  • Lines 2 to 4: We create vector objects, a, b, and c.
  • Line 7: We use the max() function to obtain the maximum value from the provided vectors. We then print it to the console.

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