First
The first value or array of values.
Other
Additional values or arrays of values.
Locale
The locale to use when doing number conversions.
A locale represents a language and possibly a region. If omitted, the configured locale is used.
Use a value such as Locale.EnglishLocale,English to provide a locale (the full list is below). If your chosen locale is not part of the list, use the LOCALE function instead.
All locales may not be available. If a locale is not available, a fallback locale can be used. To provide such fallback locales, use the LOCALE function.
The LOCALE function accepts so-called Unicode Locale Identifiers. Every value in the list below corresponds to such an identifier.
| Formula | Unicode Locale Identifier | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Locale.ArabicLocale,Arabic | ar | Arabic |
| Locale.BulgarianLocale,Bulgarian | bg | Bulgarian |
| Locale.ChineseCnLocale,ChineseCn | zh-CN | Chinese (simplified), as used in mainland China |
| Locale.ChineseTwLocale,ChineseTw | zh-TW | Chinese (traditional), as used in Taiwan |
| Locale.CroatianLocale,Croatian | hr | Croatian |
| Locale.CzechLocale,Czech | cs | Czech |
| Locale.DanishLocale,Danish | da | Danish |
| Locale.DutchLocale,Dutch | nl | Dutch |
| Locale.DutchBeLocale,DutchBe | nl-BE | Dutch, as used in Belgium |
| Locale.EnglishLocale,English | en | English |
| Locale.EnglishAuLocale,EnglishAu | en-AU | English, as used in Australia |
| Locale.EnglishCaLocale,EnglishCa | en-CA | English, as used in Canada |
| Locale.EnglishInLocale,EnglishIn | en-IN | English, as used in India |
| Locale.EnglishNzLocale,EnglishNz | en-NZ | English, as used in New Zealand |
| Locale.EnglishUkLocale,EnglishUk | en-GB | English, as used in the United Kingdom |
| Locale.EnglishUsLocale,EnglishUs | en-US | English, as used in the United States of America |
| Locale.EnglishZaLocale,EnglishZa | en-ZA | English, as used in South Africa |
| Locale.FinnishLocale,Finnish | fi | Finnish |
| Locale.FrenchLocale,French | fr | French |
| Locale.FrenchBeLocale,FrenchBe | fr-BE | French, as used in Belgium |
| Locale.FrenchCaLocale,FrenchCa | fr-CA | French, as used in Canada |
| Locale.FrenchChLocale,FrenchCh | fr-CH | French, as used in Switzerland |
| Locale.GermanLocale,German | de | German |
| Locale.GermanAtLocale,GermanAt | de-AT | German, as used in Austria |
| Locale.GermanChLocale,GermanCh | de-CH | German, as used in Switzerland |
| Locale.GreekLocale,Greek | el | Greek |
| Locale.HebrewLocale,Hebrew | he | Hebrew |
| Locale.HindiLocale,Hindi | hi | Hindi |
| Locale.HungarianLocale,Hungarian | hu | Hungarian |
| Locale.IndonesianLocale,Indonesian | id | Indonesian |
| Locale.ItalianLocale,Italian | it | Italian |
| Locale.ItalianChLocale,ItalianCh | it-CH | Italian, as used in Switzerland |
| Locale.JapaneseLocale,Japanese | ja | Japanese |
| Locale.KoreanLocale,Korean | ko | Korean |
| Locale.NorwegianLocale,Norwegian | nb | Norwegian (bokmål) |
| Locale.PersianLocale,Persian | fa | Persian |
| Locale.PolishLocale,Polish | pl | Polish |
| Locale.PortugueseLocale,Portuguese | pt | Portuguese |
| Locale.PortugueseBrLocale,PortugueseBr | pt-BR | Portuguese, as used in Brazil |
| Locale.RomanianLocale,Romanian | ro | Romanian |
| Locale.RussianLocale,Russian | ru | Russian |
| Locale.SlovakLocale,Slovak | sk | Slovak |
| Locale.SpanishLocale,Spanish | es | Spanish |
| Locale.SpanishArLocale,SpanishAr | es-AR | Spanish, as used in Argentina |
| Locale.SpanishEsLocale,SpanishEs | es-ES | Spanish, as used in Spain |
| Locale.SpanishMxLocale,SpanishMx | es-MX | Spanish, as used in Mexico |
| Locale.SwedishLocale,Swedish | sv | Swedish |
| Locale.ThaiLocale,Thai | th | Thai |
| Locale.TurkishLocale,Turkish | tr | Turkish |
| Locale.UkrainianLocale,Ukrainian | uk | Ukrainian |
| Locale.VietnameseLocale,Vietnamese | vi | Vietnamese |
Returns
The largest number of the given parameters.
Returns the largest number of the given numbers. MAXA (4, 22, "-4", 32) MAXA (4; 22; "-4"; 32) returns 32.
MAXA accepts numbers, logical values and text strings representing numbers. MAX, by contrast, only accepts numbers. TRUE is interpreted as 1, FALSE is interpreted as 0, colors are ignored and text strings are parsed as though TONUMBER is used.
MAXA takes the configured locale into account when converting text strings to numbers. If the locale is German, for instance, text strings representing numbers should use a comma (",") as a decimal separator. If the locale is UK English, a decimal point (".") should be used. Thousands separators may not be used.
Examples
Returns 32.
Returns 32. TRUE is interpreted as 1.
Returns 32. Blank values are ignored.
Returns 32. Arrays are supported.
Returns 32. Arrays mixed with regular numbers are supported.