What is the fastes way to find the maximum of a set of data?

It would be easy to use a for loop and compare element by element, but I dont think that is the best way to do it. Does matlab have a function for this? Or would it be better to write my own sorting algorithm

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Well, the max() function springs to mind. Did you look up max in the help? If you want the data sorted, there is a sort() function, believe it or not.

[Chad]

Thanks for the quick reply. Looking back at my question I would rephrase it: "What exactly is the max() function doing?" I use it quite frequently. is it the fastest/most efficient way to find the max?