Finding the maximum in a list



Hi

I'm trying to find the largest item in a list. I.e. [5,3,7,2] -> 7.

It seems the max() routine doesn't work on lists, but expects you to
pass
the items in individually.  Is 

lreduce(max, [5,3,7,2]);

the best way to achieve this?

Thanks
Neilen

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