Python program to find largest number in a list

Given a list of numbers, the task is to write a Python program to find the largest number in given list.

Examples:

Input : list1 = [10, 20, 4]
Output : 20

Input : list2 = [20, 10, 20, 4, 100]
Output : 100

Method 1 : Sort the list in ascending order and print the last element in the list.

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# Python program to find largest
# number in a list
  
# list of numbers
list1 = [10, 20, 4, 45, 99]
  
# sorting the list
list1.sort()
  
# printing the last element
print("Largest element is:", list1[-1])

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Output:


Largest element is: 99


Method 2 : Using max() method


        
          
          
          
        

            










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# Python program to find largest 


# number in a list 


  


# list of numbers 


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


  


  


# printing the maximum element 


print("Largest element is:", max(list1)) 



















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Output:


Largest element is: 99


Method 3 : Find max list element on inputs provided by user 











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# Python program to find largest 


# number in a list 


  


# creating empty list 


list1 = [] 


  


# asking number of elements to put in list 


num = int(input("Enter number of elements in list: ")) 


  


# iterating till num to append elements in list 


for i in range(1, num + 1): 


    ele = int(input("Enter elements: ")) 


    list1.append(ele) 


      


# print maximum element 


print("Largest element is:", max(list1)) 



















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Output:


Enter number of elements in list: 4
Enter elements: 12
Enter elements: 19
Enter elements: 1
Enter elements: 99
Largest element is: 99



          
          
          
          

            

    

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