{"id":16149,"date":"2022-10-14T10:12:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T04:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-find-the-max-in-a-list-of-numbers-using-the-for-while-loop\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T10:12:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T04:42:34","slug":"solved-find-the-max-in-a-list-of-numbers-using-the-for-while-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-find-the-max-in-a-list-of-numbers-using-the-for-while-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Find the max in a list of numbers using the for\/while loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-53129446\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"53129446\" data-parentid=\"53129339\" data-score=\"0\" data-position-on-page=\"2\" data-highest-scored=\"0\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"0\" itemprop=\"suggestedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Better to use built-in function <code>max<\/code> in module builtins:<\/p>\n<pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; data = [73284, 8784.3, 9480938.2, 984958.3, 24131, 45789, 734987, 23545.3, 894859.2, 842758.3]\n\n&gt;&gt;&gt; max(data)\n9480938.2\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Info Page:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<pre><code>max(iterable, *[, default=obj, key=func]) -&gt; value\nmax(arg1, arg2, *args, *[, key=func]) -&gt; value\n\nWith a single iterable argument, return its biggest item. The\ndefault keyword-only argument specifies an object to return if\nthe provided iterable is empty.\nWith two or more arguments, return the largest argument.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just for the sake of for loop, but its not desirable..<\/p>\n<pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; max_value = 0\n&gt;&gt;&gt; data = [73284, 8784.3, 9480938.2, 984958.3, 24131, 45789, 734987, 23545.3, 894859.2, 842758.3]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Foor loop to achieve it by setting the <code>max_value<\/code> to zero and then evaluate, you need to use <code>float<\/code> as your list has floating values not an integers.<\/p>\n<pre><code>#!python\/v3.6.1\/bin\/python3\nmax_value = 0\ndata = [73284, 8784.3, 9480938.2, 984958.3, 24131, 45789, 734987, 23545.3, 894859.2, 842758.3]\nfor mx in data:\n        if float(mx) &gt; max_value: max_value = float(mx)\nprint(\"Highest Value From the List : \" , (max_value))\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Result:<\/p>\n<pre><code>$ .\/max_val.py\n\nHighest Value From the List :  9480938.2\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\"><\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Find the max in a list of numbers using the for\/while loop <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Better to use built-in function max in module builtins: &gt;&gt;&gt; data = [73284, 8784.3, 9480938.2, 984958.3, 24131, 45789, 734987, 23545.3, 894859.2, 842758.3] &gt;&gt;&gt; max(data) 9480938.2 Info Page: max(iterable, *[, default=obj, key=func]) -&gt; value max(arg1, arg2, *args, *[, key=func]) -&gt; value With a single iterable argument, return its biggest item. 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