How to Get the maximum value from the Pandas dataframe in Python?

Python Pandas max() function returns the maximum of the values over the requested axis.

Syntax: dataframe.max(axis)

where,

• axis=0 specifies column
• axis=1 specifies row

Example 1: Get maximum value in dataframe row

To get the maximum value in a dataframe row simply call the max() function with axis set to 1.

Syntax: dataframe.max(axis=1)

Output:

Example 2: Get the maximum value in column

To get the maximum value in a column simply call the max() function using the axis set to 0.

Syntax: dataframe.max(axis=0)

Output:

Example 3: Get the maximum value in a particular column

To get the maximum value in a particular column call the dataframe with the specific column name and max() function.

Syntax: dataframe['column_name'].max()

Output: