# Is there a function to clip an array to a maximum value? e.g. set values in an arr

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> [@rdeits](#):
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> Yup, it’s called `clamp!`

I wonder why we kept the `clamp!` function, given that it seems equivalent to

```julia
array .= clamp.(array, lo, hi)

```

Probably it was just an oversight that it didn’t get removed when we removed the other vectorized functions in favor of dot calls?

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