Version 1 of max

Updated 2003-10-27 11:21:25

max(2,3,4,5,6,-99)

Various ways: in a loop (works for numeric and string values):

 proc max list {
    set res [lindex $list 0]
    foreach element [lrange $list 1 end] {
       if {$element > $res} {set res $element}
    }
    set res
 }

By sorting (this is for numeric values only):

 proc max list {lindex [lsort -real $list] end}