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Function name:
MAXA
Category:
Statistical Analysis
Summary:
Determines the maximum value contained in the supplied set of numbers, ignoring empty cells.
MAXA is a variant of the MAX function. The main difference between the two is that MAX ignores cells containing text, whereas MAXA treats text strings as the number 0.
Syntax:
MAXA(Value 1 [; Value 2 [; … [; Value 255]]])
Returns:
Returns a real number, which is the maximum value in the supplied set of numbers. Note that 0 may be returned even if there are no explicit occurrences of that value in the list, because any cells containing text are assigned the value 0.
Arguments:
Value 1, Value 2, … , Value 255 give the set of real numbers from which the maximum is to be identified. Each argument may be a value or an expression, a reference to a single cell, a reference to a cell range, the name of a named or database range, or an inline array.
Note that although MAXA can accept up to 255 arguments, each argument could specify a range of cells. This means that the number of real numbers processed could be many more than 255.
The following conditions (including errors) may be encountered:
- Empty cells are ignored.
- Text is treated as the number 0. Unlike MAX, MAXA does not generate an error if an argument is a string in quotation marks.
- If there are no supplied numbers, then MAXA returns 0.
- If only one value is supplied, then MAXA returns that value.
Additional details:
- MAXA converts any text in cells to 0. If you suspect wrong results, look for text within the supplied data range(s). To highlight text content within a data range, use Calc's ▸ feature.
Examples:
Formula | Description | Returns |
---|---|---|
=MAXA(A1:A3; 9; 5; 4) where cells A1:A3 contain the values 1, 2, and 3 respectively. | Here the function returns the largest of the six supplied values. | 9 |
=MAXA(1.5; -2; 0; -4.2) | Here the function returns the largest of the four supplied values. | 1.5 |
=MAXA({5, 2, 8, 10, 2}) | Here the function returns the largest of the five values supplied as an inline array. | 10 |
=MAXA(A1; A2; A3; A4) where cells A1:A2 contain the values -4 and -2 respectively, while cell A3 is blank and cell A4 contains the text "LibreOffice" (entered without typing the quotation marks). | Here the function ignores the empty cell but treats the cell containing a string as if it contained the number 0. Hence, the value returned is the largest of the three values -4, -2, and 0. | 0 |
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MAXA