largest number program in python code example

Example 1: program to find the largest of three numbers in python

# Python program to find the largest number among the three input numbers
# take three numbers from user
num1 = float(input("Enter first number: "))
num2 = float(input("Enter second number: "))
num3 = float(input("Enter third number: "))

if (num1 > num2) and (num1 > num3):
   largest = num1
elif (num2 > num1) and (num2 > num3):
   largest = num2
else:
   largest = num3

print("The largest number is",largest)

Example 2: Largest number python

# This program will find out the greater number in the arguments

def larger_number(x, y):
    if x > y:
        print(x, "is greater")
    else:
        print(y, 'is greater')

larger_number(12, 31)

Example 3: how to write program in python to get the largest nuber

def max_num_in_list( list ):
    max = list[ 0 ]
    for a in list:
        if a > max:
            max = a
    return max
print(max_num_in_list([1, 2, -8, 0]))