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CSSNumericValue: max() method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The max() method of the CSSNumericValue interface returns the highest value from among the values passed. The passed values must be of the same type.

Syntax

max(number1, /* …, */ numberN)

Parameters

number1, …, numberN

Either a number or a CSSNumericValue.

Return value

A CSSUnitValue.

Exceptions

TypeError

Thrown if an invalid type was passed to the method.

Examples

As stated earlier, all passed values must be of the same type and value. Some of the following examples illustrate what happens when they are not.

// Prints "2cm"
console.log(CSS.cm("1").max(CSS.cm("2")).toString());

// Prints "max(1cm, 0.393701in)"
console.log(CSS.cm("1").max(CSS.in("0.393701")).toString());

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
max 66 79 No 53 16.4 66 No 47 16.4 9.0 66 16.4

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSSNumericValue/max