Find maximum difference between two arrays

I have to arrays of the same size 1x101, how can I find the absolute maximum difference between the arrays?
This is what I tried but it is giving me the incorrect answer:
[m] = max( abs( A(1,101) - B(1,101) ))

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Because the code compares a single element i.e. (1,101), not the whole vectors.
Use this -
m = max(abs(A-B.'),[],'all');
For more information, refer to - Compatible Array Sizes for Basic Operations

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Answers (1)

No need to compare all the pairs
A = randn(1,101);
B = randn(1,101);
dmaxBruteForce = max(abs(A-B.'),[],'all')
dmaxBruteForce = 5.1894
dmaxSmart = max(abs([max(B)-min(A), max(A)-min(B)]))
dmaxSmart = 5.1894

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on 6 Oct 2023

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on 21 Oct 2023

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