Lodash _.max() Method

Lodash is a JavaScript library that works on the top of underscore.js. Lodash helps in working with arrays, strings, objects, numbers, etc.

The _.max() method is used to find the maximum element from the array. If the array is empty then undefined is returned.

Syntax:

_.max( array )

Parameters: This method accepts a single parameter as mentioned above and described below:

• array: It is the array that the method iterates over to get the maximum element.

Return Value: This method returns the maximum element from the array.

Example 1:

Javascript

// Requiring the lodash library
const _ = require("lodash");

// Use of _.max() method
let max_val = _.max([]);

// Printing the output
console.log(max_val);

Output:

undefined

Example 2:  

Javascript

// Requiring the lodash library
const _ = require("lodash");

// Use of _.max() method
let max_val = _.max([15, 7, 38, 46, 82]);

// Printing the output
console.log(max_val);

Output:

82

Example 3:  

Javascript

// Requiring the lodash library
const _ = require("lodash");

// Use of _.max() method
let max_val = _.max([-15, 7, 38, -46, -82]);

// Printing the output
console.log(max_val);

Output:

38