Java Math.max() method

The Java.lang.math.max() is an inbuilt method in Java which is used to return Maximum or Largest value from the given two arguments. The arguments are taken in int, float, double and long.

Syntax:

public static int max(int a, int b)
public static double max(double a, double b)
public static long max(long a, long b)
public static float max(float a, float b)

Parameters:

a: first value
b: second value 

Return:

If we provide positive and negative value as argument, this method will return positive argument.
If we provide both negative values as argument, number with the lower magnitude is returned as result.
If the arguments are not a number(NaN), this method will return NaN.

Example 1:

public class MaxExample1 
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        int x = 20;
        int y = 50;
        //print the maximum of two numbers 
        System.out.println(Math.max(x, y));
    }
}

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Output:

Example 2:

public class MaxExample2 
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        double x = 25.67;
        double y = -38.67;
        //print the maximum of two numbers 
        System.out.println(Math.max(x, y));
    }
}

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Output:

25.67

Example 3:

public class MaxExample3 
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        float x = -25.74f;
        float y = -20.38f;
        //print the maximum of two numbers 
        System.out.println(Math.max(x, y));
    }
}

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Output: