How to find maximum value among X number of points?

[pyrokat]

This is all i have right now and i cant figure out how to go further..

     var numEntries;
                    var max;
                    var pt;                                       
                    
                    numEntries = Number(prompt("Number of entries to process?"));
                      
                    do {                
                        pt = Number(prompt("Enter data point");
                        numEntries = numEntries - 1
                        
                    while ((numEntries - 1) !== 0);
                    }

[gits]

you might split that into 2 steps ... let me give you an idea for that:

var numEntries;
var max;
var pt = [];                                       
 
numEntries = parseInt(
    prompt("Number of entries to process?"), 10
);
 
for (var i = 0; i < numEntries; ++i) { 
    pt[i] = parseFloat(prompt("Enter data point"));
}

alert(pt.toString());

// so now process the max finding here for the array pt

kind regards

PS: you could even use one step of course ... just remember the bigger values through the inputs in a variable like this:

if (typeof max == 'undefined' || pt[i] > max) {
    max = pt[i];
}

[xNephilimx]

You can use Math.max() to find the max number like:

[CODE=javascript]
max = eval("Math.max( "+pt.join(',')+ ")");
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