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# VecPointwiseMax
Computes the component-wise maximum `w[i] = max(x[i], y[i])`. 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscvec.h"   
PetscErrorCode VecPointwiseMax(Vec w, Vec x, Vec y)
```
Logically Collective


## Input Parameters

- ***x -*** the first input vector
- ***y -*** the second input vector



## Output Parameter

- ***w -*** the result





## Notes
Any subset of the `x`, `y`, and `w` may be the same vector.

For complex numbers compares only the real part


## See Also
 [](ch_vectors), `Vec`, `VecPointwiseDivide()`, `VecPointwiseMult()`, `VecPointwiseMin()`, `VecPointwiseMaxAbs()`, `VecMaxPointwiseDivide()`

## Level
advanced

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/vec/vec/interface/vector.c.html#VecPointwiseMax">src/vec/vec/interface/vector.c</A>

## Implementations

<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/vec/vec/impls/seq/bvec2.c.html#VecPointwiseMax_Seq">VecPointwiseMax_Seq in src/vec/vec/impls/seq/bvec2.c</A><BR>


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