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R function: pmax

Find the pairwise maximum.
pmax(c( 4, 8, 3, 1, 7, 9, 6),
     c( 5, 2, 6, 4, 5, 7, 3)
    )
#
# [1] 5 8 6 4 7 9 6
Github repository about-r, path: /functions/pmax.R

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pmin
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