skbio.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.]