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MAX

Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Statistical · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the MAX function across Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc — verified by actually running it. Syntax and links to each vendor’s official documentation are below.

Support matrix

EngineDocumentedLive-testedVerdict
Excel Yes Not yet n/a
Google Sheets Yes Not yet n/a
LibreOffice Calc Yes Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-06) Supported, behaves as documented

LibreOffice version history

We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when MAX’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.

LibreOffice versionVerdictTested
24.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
24.8.7.2 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-19
25.2.0.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-07-24
25.8.7.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-08-06

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-06)

FormulaDescriptionResultExpectedVerdict
=MAX(A1:A5) Largest value in a simple numeric range 9 9 Matched
=MAX(A1:A4) Largest of a set that includes negative numbers 3 3 Matched
=MAX(A1:A3) Text values in the range are ignored, not treated as 0 5 5
MAX skips non-numeric text cells entirely rather than erroring or treating them as 0		 Matched
=MAX(A1:A5) A range with no numeric values at all returns 0 0 0
MAX of an empty/all-blank range is documented to return 0		 Matched

Docs & syntax

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