How To Get Max Number From Array In Javascript

• 20 January 2023, 21:44
• Jquery

Hello Friends,
Today I will show you how we can get the max number from the array of numbers. I have already created an example for this in PHP.
But Sometimes we need the same functions in the javascript. I will create examples to get the max number from the array list. Here is an example of how you can get the maximum number from an array in JavaScript:

Math.max() Method

Our First Example is based on Math.max function to get the maximum value from the array elements. You can use the spread operator (...) to pass the array as individual arguments to the Math.max() function.

var numbers = [1, 5, 3, 8, 2];
var max = Math.max(...numbers);
console.log(max); // Output: 8

reduce() method

Our second method is reduce() method. The reduce() the method applies a function to each element in the array and accumulates a single value based on the results. In this case, the function compares each element to the current maximum value and returns the larger of the two.

var numbers = [1, 5, 3, 8, 2];
var max = numbers.reduce(function(a, b) {
  return Math.max(a, b);
});
console.log(max); // Output: 8

Math.max.apply()

Our third method is Math.max.apply(). you can use the Math.max.apply() method to find the maximum number in the array. This method allows you to pass an array as an argument to a function that expects a list of individual arguments.

var numbers = [1, 5, 3, 8, 2];
var max = Math.max.apply(null, numbers);
console.log(max); // Output: 8

There are also many other ways to get the max value, You can also use loops to get the max value.
I hope this post is helpful to you.
Thanks

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