MAX Largest component. For vectors, MAX(X) is the largest element in X. For matrices, MAX(X) is a row vector containing the maximum element from each column. For N-D arrays, MAX(X) operates along the first non-singleton dimension. [Y,I] = MAX(X) returns the indices of the maximum values in vector I. If the values along the first non-singleton dimension contain more than one maximal element, the index of the first one is returned. MAX(X,Y) returns an array the same size as X and Y with the largest elements taken from X or Y. Either one can be a scalar. [Y,I] = MAX(X,[],DIM) operates along the dimension DIM. When complex, the magnitude MAX(ABS(X)) is used, and the angle ANGLE(X) is ignored. NaN's are ignored when computing the maximum. Example: If X = [2 8 4 then max(X,[],1) is [7 8 9], 7 3 9] max(X,[],2) is [8 and max(X,5) is [5 8 5 9], 7 5 9]. See also MIN, MEDIAN, MEAN, SORT.