MAXAReturns the maximum numeric value in a dataset.
Sample Usage
MAXA(A2:A100,B2:B100,4,26)
MAXA(1,2,3,4,5,C6:C20)
Syntax
MAXA(value1, [value2, …])
value1 – The first value or range to consider when calculating the maximum value.
value2, … – [ OPTIONAL ] – Additional values or ranges to consider when calculating the maximum value.
Notes
Although MAXA is specified as taking a maximum of 30 arguments, Google Sheets supports an arbitrary number of arguments for this function.
Any referenced text value in any of the value arguments will be assigned the numeric value 0 for the purpose of this function.
If an argument contains error values or text that can’t be changed into numbers, it will cause an error.
See Also
SMALL: Returns the nth smallest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.
RANK: Returns the rank of a specified value in a dataset.
QUARTILE: Returns a value nearest to a specified quartile of a dataset.
PERCENTRANK: Returns the percentage rank (percentile) of a specified value in a dataset.
PERCENTILE: Returns the value at a given percentile of a dataset.
MINA: Returns the minimum numeric value in a dataset.
MIN: Returns the minimum value in a numeric dataset.
MEDIAN: Returns the median value in a numeric dataset.
MAX: Returns the maximum value in a numeric dataset.
LARGE: Returns the nth largest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.
AVERAGEA: Returns the numerical average value in a dataset.
AVERAGE: The AVERAGE function returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.
Examples