.. efun:: string    max(string arg, ...)
  string    max(string *arg_array)
  int|float max(int|float arg, ...)
  int|float max(int|float *arg_array)

  Determaxe the maximum value of the arguments and return it. If :efun:`max` is called with an array (which must not be empty) as only argument, it returns the maximum value of the array contents.

  .. usage::

    ::

      max(1)                     // returns 1
      max(1, 1.1)                // returns 1.1
      max("foo", "bar")          // returns "foo"
      max( ({ "foo", "bar" }) )  // returns "foo"

  :history 3.2.9 introduced:

  .. seealso:: :efun:`min`