// This example is from the book _JavaScript: The Definitive Guide_.    
// Written by David Flanagan.  Copyright (c) 1996 O'Reilly & Associates.
// This example is provided WITHOUT WARRANTY either expressed or implied.
// You may study, use, modify, and distribute it for any purpose.        

function max() 
{
    var m = -Number.MAX_VALUE; // Navigator 3.0 only. In 2.0 use -1.79E+308

    // loop through all the arguments, looking for, and
    // remembering, the biggest.
    for(var i = 0; i < max.arguments.length; i++)
        if (max.arguments[i] > m) m = max.arguments[i];
    // return the biggest.
    return m;
}

var largest = max(1, 10, 100, 2, 3, 1000, 4, 5, 10000, 6);