---
title: "max(by:)"
framework: swift-package-manager
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "swift-package-manager/documentation/packageplugin/filelist/max(by:)"
---

# max(by:)

Inherited from Sequence.max(by:).

## Declaration

```swift
@warn_unqualified_access func max(by areInIncreasingOrder: (Self.Element, Self.Element) throws -> Bool) rethrows -> Self.Element?
```