Finding largest Number in python [duplicate]

Question

I am trying to find the largest number in the list using Python but I am getting an index out of range error. Can anybody help ?

numbers = [12, 33, 44, 55, 11, 19, 98, 17, 12]
largest = 0
for index in numbers:
    if largest < numbers[index]:
        largest = numbers[index]
print(largest)

So why didn't you want to use: print(max(numbers))?

quamrana
– quamrana

2022-08-21 14:15:46 +00:00
Commented Aug 21, 2022 at 14:15 — quamrana
– quamrana, Commented Aug 21, 2022 at 14:15

A l w a y s S u n n y · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-21 14:23:14Z

1

When you iterate a list using for i in lst the i is the value not the index, so in your case, it will be like below example. BTW: I guess you need to learn some basics of python list iteration. See: https://favtutor.com/blogs/python-iterate-through-list.

Note: I just edited the largest variable using numbers[0] otherwise your program will not able to find the max value when you have negative values in the list.

numbers = [12, 33, 44, 55, 11, 19, 98, 17, 12] 
largest = numbers[0]   # take first element as max    
for value in numbers: 
    if largest < value: 
        largest = value
print(largest)

OR with single line python max()

largest = max(numbers)

Working Code: https://rextester.com/CLBM63548

edited Aug 21, 2022 at 14:23

answered Aug 21, 2022 at 14:16

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Anthony L · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-21 14:15:34Z

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you can use max(numbers) to find the maximum number

answered Aug 21, 2022 at 14:15

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