Python: Recursive function to find the largest number in the list

Question

I\'m trying to do a lab work from the textbook Zelle Python Programming

The question asked me to \"write and test a recursive function max() to find the

Answer 1

Your understanding of how recursion works seems fine.

Your if-block is messed up, you have two elses to one if and the alignment is out. You need to remove your first else and un-indent everything below the if one level. eg:

def Max(list):
    if len(list) == 1:
        return list[0]
    else:
        m = Max(list[1:])
        return m if m > list[0] else list[0]

def main():
    list = eval(raw_input(" please enter a list of numbers: "))
    print("the largest number is: ", Max(list))

main()