Function max

numpy/ma/core.py:6814–6823

(obj, axis=None, out=None, fill_value=None, keepdims=np._NoValue)

min.__doc__ = MaskedArray.min.__doc__

def max(obj, axis=None, out=None, fill_value=None, keepdims=np._NoValue):
    kwargs = {} if keepdims is np._NoValue else {'keepdims': keepdims}

    try:
        return obj.max(axis=axis, fill_value=fill_value, out=out, **kwargs)
    except (AttributeError, TypeError):
        # If obj doesn't have a max method, or if the method doesn't accept a
        # fill_value argument
        return asanyarray(obj).max(axis=axis, fill_value=fill_value,
                                   out=out, **kwargs)
max.__doc__ = MaskedArray.max.__doc__