Find the greatest number in a list of numbers

Question

Is there any easy way or function to determine the greatest number in a python list? I could just code it, as I only have three numbers, however it would make the code a lot

Answer 1

This approach is without using max() function

a = [1,2,3,4,6,7,99,88,999]
max_num = 0
for i in a:
    if i > max_num:
        max_num = i
print(max_num)

Also if you want to find the index of the resulting max,

print(a.index(max_num))

Direct approach by using function max()

max() function returns the item with the highest value, or the item with the highest value in an iterable

Example: when you have to find max on integers/numbers

a = (1, 5, 3, 9)
print(max(a))
>> 9

Example: when you have string

x = max("Mike", "John", "Vicky")
print(x)
>> Vicky

It basically returns the name with the highest value, ordered alphabetically.