assign max value in python code example

Example 1: min int python

import sys
MIN_INT = -sys.maxsize - 1

Example 2: max value in python

# find largest item in the string
print(max("abcDEF")) 

# find largest item in the list
print(max([2, 1, 4, 3])) 

# find largest item in the tuple
print(max(("one", "two", "three"))) 
'two'

# find largest item in the dict
print(max({1: "one", 2: "two", 3: "three"})) 
3

# empty iterable causes ValueError
# print(max([])) 

# supressing the error with default value
print(max([], default=0))

Example 3: max in python

print(max(2, 3)) # Returns 3 as 3 is the largest of the two values
print(max(2, 3, 23)) # Returns 23 as 23 is the largest of all the values

list1 = [1, 2, 4, 5, 54]
print(max(list1)) # Returns 54 as 54 is the largest value in the list