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## max(x, y)

#### Description

Calculates the maximum of two numbers.

#### Parameters

x: the first number, any data type

y: the second number, any data type

#### Returns

The larger of the two parameter values.

#### Example

    sensVal = max(senVal, 20); // assigns sensVal to the larger of sensVal or 20
                               // (effectively ensuring that it is at least 20)

#### Note

Perhaps counter-intuitively, max() is often used to constrain the lower end of a variable's range, while min() is used to constrain the upper end of the range.

#### Warning

Because of the way the max() function is implemented, avoid using other functions inside the brackets, it may lead to incorrect results

    max(a--, 0);   // avoid this - yields incorrect results

    a--;           // use this instead -
    max(a, 0);     // keep other math outside the function

#### See also

- min()
- constrain()

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