From: Marcelo Alvim <malvim@...>
Date: 2006-09-13T09:02:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Maximum value of hash

> Actually the Enumerable mixin module implements max, so any enumerable
> has it, and gives you the maximum element yielded by each
>
> (1..10).max #=> 10
> {'a' => 1, 'b' => 7}.max #=> ["b", 7]
> "abc\ndef".max #=> "def"

This is really sweet, but I think in this context it's worth noting that:

{'a' => 1, 'b' => 10, 'z' => 5}.max #=> ["z", 5]

As the thread is about hashes, it's nice to know that the #max method,
when applied to hashes, apparently yields the maximum value for the
keys, not for the values.

Alvim.