TheAlgorithms-Python/maths/find_max.py

# NguyenU


def find_max(nums):
    max = nums[0]
    for x in nums:
        if x > max:
            max = x
    print(max)


def main():
    find_max([2, 4, 9, 7, 19, 94, 5])


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
Find max function in python 2018-10-23 02:36:08 +08:00			`# NguyenU`

psf/black code formatting (#1277) 2019-10-05 13:14:13 +08:00
Find max function in python 2018-10-23 02:36:08 +08:00			`def find_max(nums):`
Update FindMax.py (#588) Issues in previous code: `Line 3` math module is not used so we don't have to import it `Line 5`, `max = 0` will give wrong answer (0) when the list contains only -ve elements, as 0 will always be larger than the elements. 2018-11-01 21:55:28 +08:00			`max = nums[0]`
Find max function in python 2018-10-23 02:36:08 +08:00			`for x in nums:`
psf/black code formatting (#1277) 2019-10-05 13:14:13 +08:00			`if x > max:`
			`max = x`
Update FindMax.py 2018-10-23 02:42:08 +08:00			`print(max)`

psf/black code formatting (#1277) 2019-10-05 13:14:13 +08:00
Update FindMax.py 2018-10-23 02:42:08 +08:00			`def main():`
psf/black code formatting (#1277) 2019-10-05 13:14:13 +08:00			`find_max([2, 4, 9, 7, 19, 94, 5])`

Update FindMax.py 2018-10-23 02:42:08 +08:00
psf/black code formatting (#1277) 2019-10-05 13:14:13 +08:00			`if __name__ == "__main__":`
			`main()`