In this tutorial, we are going to understand the use of the Python max() method<\/strong>. Basically, the Python Below is the syntax for using the Python Here, <\/p>\n\n\n\n For finding largest among two or more values passed as arguments, <\/p>\n\n\n Here, <\/p>\n\n\n\n We can use the Let us see how the method works with an iterable object, two or more values, with specified key function and for multiple iterable objects passed as arguments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For the example below, we consider a list<\/strong> with some values in it for which we are to find the largest element. Look at the code given below carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n Output<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n As we can see, for the above code we initialize a list, If the list was empty<\/strong>, the function would have passed the default value, which is 0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When two or more values are passed to the Let us take an example,<\/p>\n\n\n Output<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n As desired, we get the maximum value, 73.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As we mentioned earlier<\/a>, the key is a one-lined ordering function on the basis of which the maximum value among a set of values is to be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, if we want to find a tuple from a list of tuples<\/strong>, which has the largest value of the 2nd<\/strong> element. Let us see how we can do that. <\/p>\n\n\n Output<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n Here, As we stated earlier, the Python max() method can also return the largest of multiple iterable elements as arguments. These arguments can be iterable like string, character, tuple, list or etc..<\/p>\n\n\n\n By default<\/strong>, the Below we have taken an example for tuples. Look at the code carefully. <\/p>\n\n\n Output:<\/p>\n\n\n For this example, three<\/strong> tuples with some initial values have been directly passed to the So in this tutorial, we learned about the Python Please remember, that if the default<\/strong> value is not set and an empty iterable is passed as arguments to the For any further questions related to this topic feel free to use the comments below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Introduction In this tutorial, we are going to understand the use of the Python max() method. Basically, the Python max() method returns the maximum value among the set of passed values or the elements of the passed iterable. Using the Python max() Method Below is the syntax for using the Python max() method to find […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-built-in-methods"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askpython.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}max()<\/code> method returns the maximum value among the set of passed values or the elements of the passed iterable.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUsing the Python max() Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
max()<\/code> method to find the largest value in an iterable<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\nmax(iterable, *[, key, default])\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
\nmax(arg1, arg2, *args[, key]) \n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
max()<\/code> method would return the largest value, <\/li>Working with the Python max() Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
max()<\/code> method in various ways to find the maximum or largest of a given iterable or for two or more arguments. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWith iterable object<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n#initialisation of list\nlist1 = [ 1,3,4,7,0,4,8,2 ]\n\n#finding max element\nprint("max value is : ", max(list1,default=0))\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\nmax value is : 8\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
list1<\/code> and directly pass it to the max()<\/code> method with the default value set to 0<\/strong>. The function returns 8<\/strong> as it is the largest value. <\/p>\n\n\n\nPassing Two or More Values to the Python max() Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
max()<\/code> method, it returns the maximum or largest of them all. These arguments can be integers, floating-point values, characters or even strings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\nprint("max value is : ", max(6,1,73,6,38))\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\nmax value is : 73\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
With key function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n#initialisation of variables\nlist1 = [(9,2,7), (6,8,4), (3,5,1)]\n\ndef f(tuple_1):\n return tuple_1[1]\n\nprint("max : ", max(list1, key=f))\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\nmax : (6, 8, 4)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
f()<\/code> is a user-defined function that returns the 2nd<\/strong> element of the passed tuple. Passing this function as a key<\/strong> to the max()<\/code> method ensures that a tuple is returned with the largest 2nd element. For our example, it is ( 6, 8, 4).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nPassing Multiple Iterables as Arguments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
max()<\/code> method returns the object with the maximum 0th<\/strong> element for lists, tuples, etc. And for strings, it compares the first character of each string passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n#initialisation of variables\ntuple1 = (5,23,7)\ntuple2 = (4,1,7)\ntuple3 = (7,37,1)\n\nprint("max : ", max(tuple1,tuple2,tuple3))\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\nmax : (7, 37, 1)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
max()<\/code> method. Which returns the tuple with the largest first element i.e., (7, 37, 1)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
max()<\/code> method, its uses as well as its working. <\/p>\n\n\n\nmax()<\/code> function raises a ValueError<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nReferences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n