get max value python 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: how to get maximum value of number in python

float('inf')

Example 3: python max()

i = max(2, 4, 6, 3)

print(i)
# Result will be 6 because it is the highest number