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How to find max and min from a list
Manzar Iqbal Malik
Finding the maximum and minimum values in a list is pretty easy because of the built-in max and min functions provided by Python. However, you may be wondering what the logic behind these functions is. Let me explain it with a couple of code snippets.
# Pass a list to this function to check for maximum number
def max_check(x):
max_val = x[0]
for check in x:
if check > max_val:
max_val = check
return max_valFunction to find maximum number of a list.
# Pass a list to this function to check for minimum number
def min_check(x):
min_val = x[0]
for check in x:
if check < min_val:
min_val = check
return min_valFunction to find minimum number of a list.
To validate our above defined functions, let’s pass a list to them.
# Pass a list to this function to check for maximum number
def max_check(x):
max_val = x[0]
for check in x:
if check > max_val:
max_val = check
return max_val
# Pass a list to this function to check for minimum number
def min_check(x):
min_val = x[0]
for check in x:
if check < min_val:
min_val = check
return min_val
#List
my_list = [2, 6, 8, 14, 3, 77, 63]
#Printing Values
print("Maximum of the list", max_check(my_list))
print("Minimum of the list", min_check(my_list))Validate the max and min functions.
Note: The functions will generate an error for empty lists.
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