Picking the highest value over a group of variables

[bjohn]

Suppose I have five variables: a,b,c,d and e.

I want a command which for any given observation, returns the max of the values of a,b,c,d and e.

The @max command returns the highest value of a single variable over a specified time period, but I want to max "the other way"- i.e. across variables but for a single observation.

Does such a command exist? And does it propagate NA's? (Ideally I would like one which doesn't).

Many thanks

[EViews Gareth]

@rmax