Write a Python program to get the largest number from a list | Code

You can use your own logic to compare each item of the list using for loop to get the largest number from a list in Python. Or use max() function in build function in Python.

Python program to get the largest number from a list

Simple example code has a list of numbers and the task is to write a Python program to find the largest number in the given list.

Without using built in functions

def max_num(lst):
    m = lst[0]
    for a in lst:
        if a > m:
            m = a
    return m


print(max_num([1, 2, -1, 0]))

Output:

Using max() method

list1 = [10, 20, 4, 45, -99]

# printing the maximum element
print("Largest element is:", max(list1))

Output: Largest element is: 45

Using sort method

Sort the list in ascending order and print the last element in the list.

list1 = [10, 20, 4, 45, 99]

list1.sort()

# printing the last element
print(list1[-1])

Output: 99

Do comment if you have any doubts or suggestions on this Python program code.

Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)

Windows 10

Python 3.10.1

All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.

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