User Guide

422 ActionScript classes

max (Math.max method)

public static max(x:Number, y:Number) : Number

Evaluates x and y and returns the larger value.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0 - In Flash Player 4, the methods and properties

of the Math class are emulated using approximations and might not be as accurate as the non-

emulated math functions that Flash Player 5 supports.

Parameters

x:Number - A number or expression.

y:Number - A number or expression.

Returns

Number - A number.

Example

The following example displays

Thu Dec 30 00:00:00 GMT-0700 2004, which is the larger

of the evaluated expressions.

var date1:Date = new Date(2004, 11, 25);

var date2:Date = new Date(2004, 11, 30);

var maxDate:Number = Math.max(date1.getTime(), date2.getTime());

trace(new Date(maxDate).toString());