find the maximum number in a list python code example

Example 1: python find max in list

# Python program to find largest 
# number in a list 

# list of numbers 
list1 = [10, 20, 4, 45, 99] 


# printing the maximum element 
print("Largest element is:", max(list1))

Example 2: max of a list in python

#!/usr/bin/python

list1, list2 = [123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc'], [456, 700, 200]
print "Max value element : ", max(list1)
print "Max value element : ", max(list2)