find the max number in a list python code example

Example 1: max int in a python list

>>> L=[2,-7,3,3,6,2,5]
>>> max(L)
6

Example 2: python how to find the highest even in a list

def highest_even(li):
  evens = []
  for item in li:
    if item % 2 == 0:
      evens.append(item)
  return max(evens)

print(highest_even([10,2,3,4,8,11]))


# Building a function to find the highest even number in a list