maxBy

maxBy(Array<T>, (item: T) -> Comparable): T | Null

Iterates over an array and returns the highest value of Comparable elements from it.

The items must be of the same type. maxBy throws an error if they are not, and the function returns null if the array is empty.

Parameters

Name Description

Name	Description
`array`	The input array.
`criteria`	Expression for selecting an item from the array, where the item is a `Number`, `Boolean`, `DateTime`, `LocalDateTime`, `Date`, `LocalTime`, `Time`, or `TimeZone` data type. Can be referenced with `$`.

array

The input array.

criteria

Expression for selecting an item from the array, where the item is a Number, Boolean, DateTime, LocalDateTime, Date, LocalTime, Time, or TimeZone data type. Can be referenced with $.

Example

This example returns the greatest numeric value within objects (key-value pairs) in an array. Notice that it uses item.a to select the value of the object. You can also write the same expression like this, using an anonymous parameter: [ { "a" : 1 }, { "a" : 3 }, { "a" : 2 } ] maxBy $.a

Source

%dw 2.0
output  application/json
---
[ { "a" : 1 }, { "a" : 3 }, { "a" : 2 } ] maxBy ((item) -> item.a)

Output

{ "a" : 3 }

Example

This example gets the latest DateTime, Date, and Time from inputs defined in the variables myDateTime1 and myDateTime2. It also shows that the function returns null on an empty array.

Source

%dw 2.0
var myDateTime1 = "2017-10-01T22:57:59-03:00"
var myDateTime2 = "2018-10-01T23:57:59-03:00"
output application/json
---
{
  myMaxBy: {
    byDateTime: [ myDateTime1, myDateTime2 ] maxBy ((item) -> item),
    byDate: [ myDateTime1 as Date, myDateTime2 as Date ] maxBy ((item) -> item),
    byTime: [ myDateTime1 as Time, myDateTime2 as Time ] maxBy ((item) -> item),
    emptyArray: [] maxBy ((item) -> item)
  }
}

Output

{
  "myMaxBy": {
    "byDateTime": "2018-10-01T23:57:59-03:00",
    "byDate": "2018-10-01",
    "byTime": "23:57:59-03:00",
    "emptyArray": null
  }
}