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title: "ClikaRT::ops::amax"
sidebar_label: "amax"
description: "Maximum value of input over dims. Empty dims reduces every dimension. Returns VALUES (for the positions use argmax). input the input tensor. dims axes to reduce; empty = all axes."
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## amax() {#amax}

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[`Tensor`](../Tensor.md) **`amax`**(<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[`Tensor`](../Tensor.md) `input`,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[`ClikaRT::Span`](../Span.md)`<const std::int64_t>` `dims` `=` `{}`,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`bool` `keepdim` `=` `false`<br />
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Maximum value of `input` over `dims`.

Empty `dims` reduces every dimension. Returns VALUES (for the positions use [`argmax`](./argmax.md#argmax)).

**Parameters**

- `input`: the input tensor.
- `dims`: axes to reduce; empty = all axes.
- `keepdim`: keep reduced axes as size-1 dims; default false.

**Returns:** the per-slice maxima; shape = `input` minus `dims`; dtype = `input`'s.

**Throws**

- `ClikaRT::Error`: (`INVALID_ARGUMENT`) on an out-of-range `dims` entry.

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Declared in `ClikaRT/compute/ops.h`, line 4297

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