Maximum and Minimum Intrinsics

There are two intrinsics in this class:

• MAX(SOURCE1,SOURCE2[,SOURCE3[,...]]) -- returns the maximum values over all source objects
• MIN(SOURCE1,SOURCE2[,SOURCE3[,...]]) -- returns the minimum values over all source objects

For example,

• MAX(1,2,3) is 3
• MIN(1,2,3) is 1

The list of source objects are searched from left to right (as indicated in the diagram below). If two values are equal then it is the first that is selected (as also indicated in the diagram below).

 
Figure 15: Visualisation of the MAX Intrinsic

The MAX and MIN intrinsics may also accept array arguments. The result is the same shape and size as each argument, for example,

• MIN((/1,2/),(/-3,4/)) is (/-3,2/)
• MAX((/1,2/),(/-3,4/)) is (/1,4/)

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