Get max value in all matrix

[Rodrigo Badilla]

Hi all,

I wonder if its possible get the max value in all a matrix,

I can order a matrix but only for a determined columns, in this example i can order the first column:

sysuse auto, clear
asdoc tab rep78 foreign, matcell (x)
matrix list x
mata : st_matrix("x", sort(st_matrix("x") ,-1 ))
matrix list x

x[5,2]
    c1  c2
r1  27   3
r2   9   9
r3   8   0
r4   2   0
r5   2   9

But I would like sort all the matrix without set the column.

Thanks in advance

[Andrea Discacciati]

mata:
a = (1, 2, 6 \ 4, 10, 0)
a
max(a)
end

?

[Rodrigo Badilla]

Thanks!

So easy and simple!