How to find the max value in queue?

Question

I have an unsorted sorted queue (undefined size).

bit [31:0] addr_q [$]

How can I find its maximum value?

Answer 1

SystemVerilog has a number array querying methods described in 7.12.1 Array locator methods of the 1800-2012 LRM. A queue is one kind of unpacked array. Use

max_addr = addr_q.max();