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max() function in Python List

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It is an inbuilt function in python that returns the max value among all the numbers, if string is involved then alphabetical character with the highest ascii value is returned.

Syntax:

max(list)

Example 1:

# Python program to understand max() function in list
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s = [85, 55, 47, 98, 32, 65, 62, 54] 
x = max(s)
print(x)

Output:

98

Explanation:

Here the largest number in the list is 98. Hence it returned 98.

Example 2:

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s = ["a", "k", "z", "h"] 
x = max(s)
print(x)

Output:

z

Explanation:

Here the ascii value of “z” is the highest among all other elements. Hence it returned “z”.

Example 3:

# Python program to understand max() function in list
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s = ["Code", "and", "hustle"] 
x = max(s)
print(x)

Output:

hustle

Explanation:

Here the ascii value of “h” in “hustle” is the highest among all other characters. Hence it returned “hustle”.

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