Documentation/How Tos/Calc: MAXA function

MAXA

Returns the maximum of a list of arguments, including text and logical entries.

Syntax:

MAXA(value1; value2; ... value30)

value1 to value30 are up to 30 values or ranges, which may include numbers, text and logical values. Text is evaluated as 0. Logical values are evaluated as 1 (TRUE) and 0 (FALSE).

Example:

MAXA(2; 6; 4)

returns 6, the largest value in the list.

MAXA(B1:B3)

where cells B1, B2, B3 contain -1, -2, and apple returns 0, the value of the text.

MAXA(0; TRUE)

returns 1, the value of TRUE.

See also:

MAX, MIN, MINA, DMAX

Statistical functions