ClickHouse/docs/en/sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/argmax.md
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# argMax {#agg-function-argmax}
Syntax: `argMax(arg, val)` or `argMax(tuple(arg, val))`
Calculates the `arg` value for a maximum `val` value. If there are several different values of `arg` for maximum values of `val`, the first of these values encountered is output.
Tuple version of this function will return the tuple with the maximum `val` value. It is convinient for use with `SimpleAggregateFunction`.
**Example:**
``` text
┌─user─────┬─salary─┐
│ director │ 5000 │
│ manager │ 3000 │
│ worker │ 1000 │
└──────────┴────────┘
```
``` sql
SELECT argMax(user, salary), argMax(tuple(user, salary)) FROM salary
```
``` text
┌─argMax(user, salary)─┬─argMax(tuple(user, salary))─┐
│ director │ ('director',5000) │
└──────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
```