returns the largest value, counting text and logicals · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared

signature

MAXA(value…)

returns: number

argument	required
value…	required

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

errors

error values observed from the engine — each with a call that produces it.

error	produced by
#VALUE!	=MAXA("alpha")

related

• AVEDEV average of absolute deviations from the mean
• AVERAGE.WEIGHTED average of values weighted by a second range
• AVERAGEA averages values including text and logicals
• AVERAGEIF averages cells that match a condition
• AVERAGEIFS averages cells matching multiple conditions
• BETA.DIST beta distribution