max function pyhton code example
Example 1: 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 2: python max function
square = {2: 4, -3: 9, -1: 1, -2: 4}
# the largest key
key1 = max(square)
print("The largest key:", key1) # 2
# the key whose value is the largest
key2 = max(square, key = lambda k: square[k])
print("The key with the largest value:", key2) # -3
# getting the largest value
print("The largest value:", square[key2]) # 9