Library /sys$common/syshlp/basichelp.hlb MAX  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  The MAX function compares the values of two or  more  numeric  expressions
  and returns the highest value.

  Example

  highest_grade% = MAX(John_grade%, Bob_grade%, Joe_grade%)

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