MAXA

Returns the maximum numeric value in a dataset.

Sample Usage

MAXA(A2:A100,B2:B100,4,26)

MAXA(1,2,3,4,5,C6:C20)

Syntax

MAXA(value1, [value2, ...])

  • value1 - The first value or range to consider when calculating the maximum value.

  • value2, ... - [ OPTIONAL ] - Additional values or ranges to consider when calculating the maximum value.

Notes

  • Although MAXA is specified as taking a maximum of 30 arguments, Google Sheets supports an arbitrary number of arguments for this function.

  • Any referenced text value in any of the value arguments will be assigned the numeric value 0 for the purpose of this function.

  • If an argument contains error values or text that can't be changed into numbers, it will cause an error.

See Also

SMALL: Returns the nth smallest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

RANK: Returns the rank of a specified value in a dataset.

QUARTILE: Returns a value nearest to a specified quartile of a dataset.

PERCENTRANK: Returns the percentage rank (percentile) of a specified value in a dataset.

PERCENTILE: Returns the value at a given percentile of a dataset.

MINA: Returns the minimum numeric value in a dataset.

MIN: Returns the minimum value in a numeric dataset.

MEDIAN: Returns the median value in a numeric dataset.

MAX: Returns the maximum value in a numeric dataset.

LARGE: Returns the nth largest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

AVERAGEA: Returns the numerical average value in a dataset.

AVERAGE: The AVERAGE function returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.

Examples

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