Python String | max()

max() is an inbuilt function in Python programming language that returns the highest alphabetical character in a string.

Syntax:

max(string)

Parameter:
max() method takes a string as a parameter

Return value:

Returns a character which is alphabetically the highest character in the string.

Below is the Python implementation of the method max()

Python

# python program to demonstrate the use of
# max() function

# maximum alphabetical character in
# "geeks"
string = "geeks"
print max(string)

# maximum alphabetical character in
# "raj"
string = "raj"
print max(string)

Output:

s
r