maxstr

Return the lexically largest value in the list.

Synopsis

my $s = maxstr @values;
my $s = maxstr 'A'..'Z';         # 'Z'

What you get back

The first (original) list element whose stringification compares greater than every other element’s stringification under gt (byte-wise comparison). Empty list yields undef.

Examples

my $s = maxstr 'hello', 'world';    # 'world'
my $s = maxstr qw( foo bar baz );   # 'foo'
my $s = maxstr ();                  # undef

Differences from upstream

Fully compatible with upstream.

See also

• minstr — string-wise minimum.

• max — numerical maximum.