Math.max.apply() not working inside of a for loop

1

Why isn’t my code working? Math.max isn’t returning anything.

function largestOfFour(arr) {
  var newArray = {}
  // You can do this!
  for (x = 0 ; x < arr.length;x++){
    Math.max.apply(Math, arr[x]) 
  }
}
largestOfFour([[4, 5, 1, 3], [13, 27, 18, 26], [32, 35, 37, 39], [1000, 1001, 857, 1]]);

TIA,

Gabriel

2

Try Math.max.apply(null, arr[x])

3

As lorepieri points out, that is the way to get it to work, as for the reason why…

Math.max() accepts a list of values, like:

var a = Math.max(12, 6, 18, 5);

But in your code, you’re not sending it a list of values, you’re sending it an array of values. That is a big difference.

So, that raises the question: How do you get Math.max() to work with an array? Just do what lorepieri says. Yes, the first argument is null - don’t let it bother you, the why of that isn’t important at your level.

4

The documentation explains it pretty well, including using the spread operator (es2015)

5

Wow, that spread operator makes it easier, for sure!