How to find the greatest number in a list in Python

Question

Is there any easy way or a builtin function to determine the greatest number in a python list? Can we find it without using builtin functions?

Answer 1

1. By using max function - 

highest = max(11, 21, 31) 

print(highest) # prints 31

2. Without using max function

a=[11,22,33,44,66,77,99,88,999]
max= 0
for i in a:
    if i > max:
        max=i
print(max) # prints 999