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---
title: experimental.max() function
description: >
`experimental.max()` returns the record with the highest value in the `_value` column for each
input table.
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`experimental.max()` returns the record with the highest value in the `_value` column for each
input table.
// `experimental.max()` drops empty tables.
##### Function type signature
```js
(<-tables: stream[{A with _value: B}]) => stream[{A with _value: B}]
```
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For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).
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## Parameters
### tables
Input data. Default is piped-forward data (`<-`).
## Examples
### Return the row with the maximum value in each input table
```js
import "experimental"
import "sampledata"
sampledata.int()
|> experimental.max()
```
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#### Input data
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | -2 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 10 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 7 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 17 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 15 | t1 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 4 | t1 |
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 19 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 4 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | -3 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 19 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 13 | t2 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 1 | t2 |
#### Output data
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 17 | t1 |
| _time | _value | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 19 | t2 |
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