Template talk:Max

Lua version

I've created a Lua implementation that allows for arbitrary number of parameters:

• {{#invoke:Math | max | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 }} = 8

If one wants to ensure that expression such as 4*41 and 600+30 are evaluated correctly (as is the current practice), then they need to be wrapped in {{#expr: }}

• {{#invoke:Math | max | {{#expr: 4*41 }} | {{#expr: 600+30 }} }} = 630

So it should be possible to replace the current template with:

• {{#invoke:Math|max| {{#expr:{{{1}}}}} | {{#expr:{{{2}}}}} | {{#expr:{{{3}}}}} }}

See even better version below. Dragons flight (talk) 01:43, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Which will duplicate current functionality, or add additional parameters to extend functionality.

Test Cases:

Test	{{max}}	{{max/sandbox}}
{{max}}
{{max|}}
{{max|-7}}	-7	-7
{{max|-7|}}	-7	-7
{{max|-7|5}}	5	5
{{max|-7|5|}}	5	5
{{max|-7|5|8}}	8	8
{{max|40*41|300+30}}	1640	1640
{{max|100+10|300+30|200+20}}	330	330

If people know of other edge cases, I would welcome additional testing. Dragons flight (talk) 17:24, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

I've made a better version that doesn't require the use of #expr:, and can take a practically limitless numbers of arguments:

• {{max/sandbox|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14}} = 3

Yay to new technology. Dragons flight (talk) 01:42, 22 February 2013 (UTC)