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table.maxn#511833
<function name="maxn" parent="table" type="libraryfunc">⤶
<description>Returns the highest numerical key.</description>⤶
<realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶
<args>⤶
<arg name="tbl" type="table">The table to search.</arg>⤶
</args>⤶
<rets>⤶
<ret name="" type="number">The highest numerical key.</ret>⤶
</rets>⤶
</function>⤶
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<example>⤶
<description>Demonstrates how this differs from the **#** operator.</description>⤶
<code>⤶
local tbl = {"One", "Two", [6] = "Six", [42] = "Answer to life, the universe, and everything"}⤶
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PrintTable(tbl)⤶
print("\n" .. #tbl)⤶
print(table.maxn(tbl))⤶
</code>⤶
<output>⤶
⤶
```⤶
1 = One⤶
2 = Two⤶
6 = Six⤶
42 = Answer to life, the universe, and everything⤶
⤶
2⤶
42⤶
```⤶
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Whereas the length operator (**#**) returns the highest `sequential` index, this returns the value of the highest `numeric` index.⤶
</output>⤶
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</example>
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