max

Returns the largest of several values.

Synopsis

max(value1, value2, ...)
max(list)

Description

Give max two or more values, or one list.

Parameters

Return value

The largest value.

Example

print(max(3, 7, 1))
print(max(["apple", "pear", "fig"]))

It prints:

7
pear

Common mistake

scores = []
print(max(scores))

Python stops with:

ValueError: max() iterable argument is empty

An empty list has no largest item. Check if scores: first.

See also

min, sum, len

max in the Python documentation