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ee.Number.max
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Selects the maximum of the first and second values.
| Usage | Returns | Number.max(right) | Number |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: left | Number | The left-hand value. |
right | Number | The right-hand value. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print('Given 5 and 10, max is 10', ee.Number(5).max(ee.Number(10))); // 10
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)
print('Given 5 and 10, max is 10:',
ee.Number(5).max(ee.Number(10)).getInfo()) # 10
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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