get-max

Get the maximum of two numbers that works the way you would expect.

It takes two anything and returns the greater number of the two. Thats it.

example

var getMax = require('get-max');

getMax(0, 1); // 0
getMax('a', 1); // 1
getMax(1, null); // 1
getMax(1, undefined); // 1
getMax(1, Object(0)); // 1
getMax(1); // 1

getMax('1', '2'); // undefined
getMax('a', null); // undefined
getMax(); // undefined

why?

Getting the maximum of a number and garbage should be simple. It's a number that should be returned.

This example would normally require you to initialize num=0 if you were to use Math.max.

var num;

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  num = getMax(num, i);
};

// num = 10

vs.

var num;

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  num = Math.max(num, i);
};

// num = NaN   // whoops!