Name
max
Synopsis
max @list
Returns the entry in the list with the highest numerical
value. If the list is empty, max
returns undef
:
my @ll = qw(100 294 2 4 95 73); my $max_num = max @ll; print "$max_num\n"; # Prints '294'
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