biom.table.Table.max¶
- Table.max(axis='sample')¶
- Get the maximum nonzero value over an axis - Parameters:
- axis{‘sample’, ‘observation’, ‘whole’}, optional
- Defaults to “sample”. The axis over which to calculate maxima. 
 
- Returns:
- scalar of self.dtype or np.array of self.dtype
 
- Raises:
- UnknownAxisError
- If provided an unrecognized axis. 
 
 - Examples - >>> from biom import example_table >>> print(example_table.max(axis='observation')) [ 2. 5.] 
