max

The max() function returns the maximum value in a sequence. The input sequence may contain any items that can be compared using the «lt » and «gt » operators. Untyped values are compared as numbers . For example, «max((3, 4, 5)) » returns 5 .

Argument	Data Type	Meaning
sequence	xdt:anyAtomicType*	The input sequence
Collation (optional)	xs:string	Collation used for comparing strings
Result	xdt:anyAtomicType?	The maximum value found in the input sequence