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ee.Array.max
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On an element-wise basis, selects the maximum of the first and second values.
| Usage | Returns | Array.max(right) | Array |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: left | Array | The left-hand value. |
right | Array | The right-hand value. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var empty = ee.Array([], ee.PixelType.int8());
print(empty.max(empty)); // []
var array1 = ee.Array([0, -3, 5, 3]);
var array2 = ee.Array([0, -1, 2, 4]);
print(array1.max(array2)); // [0,-1,5,4]
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
empty = ee.Array([], ee.PixelType.int8())
display(empty.max(empty)) # []
array1 = ee.Array([0, -3, 5, 3])
array2 = ee.Array([0, -1, 2, 4])
display(array1.max(array2)) # [0, -1, 5, 4]
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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