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<h1 class="topictitle1">greatest</h1>
<div id="body8662426"><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p18471163815215">This function is used to return the greatest value in a list of values.</p>
<div class="section" id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_section45291954203217"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Syntax</h4><pre class="screen" id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_screen19928459112517">greatest(T v1, T v2, ...)</pre>
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<div class="section" id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_section992014913317"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Parameters</h4>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_table1829154762513" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Parameters</caption><thead align="left"><tr id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_row8830104792517"><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="19.220000000000002%" id="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.1"><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p983074711252">Parameter</p>
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<th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="13.44%" id="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.2"><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p6830124732517">Mandatory</p>
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<th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="15.57%" id="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.3"><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p13318164512614">Type</p>
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<th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="51.77%" id="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.4"><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p08301547132513">Description</p>
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<tbody><tr id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_row15830184792511"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="19.220000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.1 "><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p683034714250">v1</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="13.44%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.2 "><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p12830184752518">Yes</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="15.57%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.3 "><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p0318545102615">DOUBLE, BIGINT, or DECIMAL</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="51.77%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.4 "><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p18653154615263">The value can be a float or integer.</p>
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<tr id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_row1914115418437"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="19.220000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.1 "><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p150712516433">v2</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="13.44%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.2 "><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p9507195144318">Yes</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="15.57%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.3 "><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p65073574316">DOUBLE, BIGINT, or DECIMAL</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="51.77%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.5.1.4 "><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p450785164311">The value can be a float or integer.</p>
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<div class="section" id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_section210162513312"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Return Values</h4><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p184124317231">The return value is of the DOUBLE type.</p>
<div class="note" id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_note61422099395"><img src="public_sys-resources/note_3.0-en-us.png"><span class="notetitle"> </span><div class="notebody"><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p11468110152814">If the value of <strong id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_b111694385231318">a</strong> is <strong id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_b122318575031318">NULL</strong>, <strong id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_b125359645631318">NULL</strong> is returned.</p>
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<div class="section" id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_section13277192233920"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Example Code</h4><p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p19296200105116">The value <strong id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_b1648363616472">4.0</strong> is returned.</p>
<pre class="screen" id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_screen2741193845120">select greatest(1,2.0,3,4.0);</pre>
<p id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_p2028852125120">The value <strong id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_b88571555204817">NULL</strong> is returned.</p>
<pre class="screen" id="dli_spark_greatest__en-us_topic_0000001696282269_screen51701246135115">select greatest(null);</pre>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="dli_08_0473.html">Mathematical Functions</a></div>
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