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JavaScript max() Method: Math Object

Description

The max() method of math object is used to get the larger of two given numbers.

Version

Implemented in JavaScript 1.0

Syntax

max(x,y) 

Parameter

x, y: Refer numbers.

js math object max

Example:

In the following web document, max() method is used to get the larger of the two numbers.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>JavaScript Math object - max() method example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red">JavaScript Math object : max() method</h1>
<hr />
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write(Math.max(25,15) + "<br />");
document.write(Math.max(-11,5) + "<br />");
document.write(Math.max(-25,-20) + "<br />");
x=45.65
y=45.66
document.write(Math.max(x,y) + "<br />");
document.write(Math.max(8.65,9.65));
</script>
</body>
</html>

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Supported Browser

Internet Explorer 7 Firefox 3.6 Google Chrome 7 Safari 5.0.1 Opera 10
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See also:

JavaScript Core objects, methods, properties.

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