github.com/rstandt/terraform@v0.12.32-0.20230710220336-b1063613405c/website/docs/configuration/functions/max.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "functions" 3 page_title: "max - Functions - Configuration Language" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-funcs-numeric-max" 5 description: |- 6 The max function takes one or more numbers and returns the greatest number. 7 --- 8 9 # `max` Function 10 11 -> **Note:** This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and 12 earlier, see 13 [0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax](../../configuration-0-11/interpolation.html). 14 15 `max` takes one or more numbers and returns the greatest number from the set. 16 17 ## Examples 18 19 ``` 20 > max(12, 54, 3) 21 54 22 ``` 23 24 If the numbers are in a list or set value, use `...` to expand the collection 25 to individual arguments: 26 27 ``` 28 > max([12, 54, 3]...) 29 54 30 ``` 31 32 ## Related Functions 33 34 * [`min`](./min.html), which returns the _smallest_ number from a set.