Lodash _.max() Method

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.

// 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.

// 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.

// 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