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How to create a formula column to find the maximum of several columns

adampaulsmith

I have several columns of numeric data (see example below) and I would like to create a formula column to find the maximum value for each row across the columns. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

Value 1 Value 2 Value 3 Max Value (I would put the formula in this column)

1 9 6 9

2 1 5 5

3 7 4 7

4 2 6 6

Accepted answers

pmroz

The Maximum() function will do this for you.

Maximum(:Value 1, :Value 2, :Value 3)

All comments

pmroz

The Maximum() function will do this for you.

Maximum(:Value 1, :Value 2, :Value 3)

adampaulsmith

Thanks ! I knew it had to be something simple.

NDENNIS418

If you have many rows which you want to search, is there a function to select a range of rows as opposed to typing in every row into the function?

txnelson

The question asked by @adampaulsmith and answered by @pmroz uses the Maximum() function in a formula define for the resulting column. The formula will automatically loop across each row and apply the formula. Thus, no row reference has to be made.

However, if you are using this in open JSL, you can add a subscript to the column references to indicate which row you process.

For( theRow = 1, theRow <= 10, theRow++,
     :MaxValue[theRow] = Maximum( :Value 1[theRow], :Value 2[theRow], :Value 2[theRow] );
);

See documentation on JSL in the Scripting Guide

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