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title: Max
slug: WebAssembly/Reference/Numeric/Max

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The max instructions, are used for getting the higher of two numbers.

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Syntax

;; load two numbers onto the stack
f32.const 10
f32.const 3

;; get higher number
f32.max

;; the top item on the stack will now be 10

Instruction	Binary opcode
f32.max	0x97
f64.max	0xa5