Lodash _.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:
- 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: In this example, we are trying to find out the max element in an empty array and it is returning undefined.
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: In this example, we are trying to find out the max element in an array by the use of the _.max() method.
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: In this example, we are trying to find out the max element in an array by the use of the _.max() method.
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