amax(a, axis=None, out=None, keepdims=<no value>, initial=<no value>, where=<no value>)

Notes

NaN values are propagated, that is if at least one item is NaN, the corresponding max value will be NaN as well. To ignore NaN values (MATLAB behavior), please use nanmax.

Don't use amax for element-wise comparison of 2 arrays; when a.shape[0] is 2, maximum(a[0], a[1]) is faster than amax(a, axis=0) .

Parameters

a : array_like

Input data.

axis : None or int or tuple of ints, optional

Axis or axes along which to operate. By default, flattened input is used.

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If this is a tuple of ints, the maximum is selected over multiple axes, instead of a single axis or all the axes as before.

out : ndarray, optional

Alternative output array in which to place the result. Must be of the same shape and buffer length as the expected output. See ufuncs-output-type for more details.

keepdims : bool, optional

If this is set to True, the axes which are reduced are left in the result as dimensions with size one. With this option, the result will broadcast correctly against the input array.

If the default value is passed, then :None:None:`keepdims` will not be passed through to the amax method of sub-classes of ndarray , however any non-default value will be. If the sub-class' method does not implement :None:None:`keepdims` any exceptions will be raised.

initial : scalar, optional

The minimum value of an output element. Must be present to allow computation on empty slice. See :None:None:`~numpy.ufunc.reduce` for details.

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where : array_like of bool, optional

Elements to compare for the maximum. See :None:None:`~numpy.ufunc.reduce` for details.

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Returns

amax : ndarray or scalar

Maximum of a. If :None:None:`axis` is None, the result is a scalar value. If :None:None:`axis` is given, the result is an array of dimension a.ndim - 1 .

Return the maximum of an array or maximum along an axis.

See Also

amin

The minimum value of an array along a given axis, propagating any NaNs.

argmax

Return the indices of the maximum values.

fmax

Element-wise maximum of two arrays, ignoring any NaNs.

fmin

maximum

Element-wise maximum of two arrays, propagating any NaNs.

minimum

nanmax

The maximum value of an array along a given axis, ignoring any NaNs.

nanmin

Examples

>>> a = np.arange(4).reshape((2,2))
... a
array([[0, 1],
       [2, 3]])

>>> np.amax(a)           # Maximum of the flattened array
3

>>> np.amax(a, axis=0)   # Maxima along the first axis
array([2, 3])

>>> np.amax(a, axis=1)   # Maxima along the second axis
array([1, 3])

>>> np.amax(a, where=[False, True], initial=-1, axis=0)
array([-1,  3])

>>> b = np.arange(5, dtype=float)
... b[2] = np.NaN
... np.amax(b)
nan

>>> np.amax(b, where=~np.isnan(b), initial=-1)
4.0

>>> np.nanmax(b)
4.0

You can use an initial value to compute the maximum of an empty slice, or to initialize it to a different value:

>>> np.amax([[-50], [10]], axis=-1, initial=0)
array([ 0, 10])

Notice that the initial value is used as one of the elements for which the maximum is determined, unlike for the default argument Python's max function, which is only used for empty iterables.

>>> np.amax([5], initial=6)
6

>>> max([5], default=6)
5

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