How to find the biggest values of (three values) without using looping them? [Python]

Question

i'm new to programming and this has got me stumbling and i was thinking of doing something like this but i can't got further

num1 = int(input('What is the first number?:'))
num2 = int(input('What is the second number?:'))
num3 = int(input('What is the third number?:'))

[[After this my mind is thinking of elif statements and using [and,or]]

Thank you i will look into what the max syntax is all about. — PotatoSingh, Sep 17 '18 at 02:47
@coldspeed a bit pedantic, but `max([num1, num2, num3])` is the correct syntax since the `max` function requires an iterable for the first argument. — Joel, Sep 17 '18 at 02:51
Well i did google and they kept prompting me with while loops . the question was to solve it without while loops. Thanks for the community and I understood the syntax clearly . after @coldspeed answered — PotatoSingh, Sep 17 '18 at 04:00
@coldspeed good catch, I must be thinking of some other function. — Joel, Sep 17 '18 at 05:32

vash_the_stampede · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-17T03:23:36.180

Add all of your variables to a list and then you can use the max function like so max(lista)

num1 = int(input('What is the first number?: '))
num2 = int(input('What is the second number?: '))
num3 = int(input('What is the third number?: '))

lista = [num1, num2, num3]

biggest = max(lista)

print(f"{biggest} is the largest value.")

(xenial)vash@localhost:~/python/stack_overflow$ python3.7 max.py
What is the first number?: 10
What is the second number?: 3
What is the third number?: 8
10 is the largest value.

Just for a little bonus, didn't include handling TypeErrors but want to give you some ideas where you can go with this little project:

while True:

    numbers = int(input("How many numbers would you like to enter: "))

    values = []

    for i in range(numbers):
        if i == numbers - 1:
            values.append(int(input(f"Enter 1 number: ")))
        else:
            values.append(int(input(f"Enter {numbers - i} numbers: ")))

    print(f"\nThe largest number entered was {max(values)}")

(xenial)vash@localhost:~/python/stack_overflow$ python3.7 max.py
How many numbers would you like to enter: 5
Enter 5 numbers: 10
Enter 4 numbers: 8
Enter 3 numbers: 29
Enter 2 numbers: 13
Enter 1 number: 22

The largest number entered was 29

BerryMan · Answer 2 · 2018-09-18T00:21:15.703

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Python's max(list) does the job for you.

If you wish to create a function that accepts arbitrary amount of inputs, you can create a function like this.

def my_function(*args):
    return max(args)

edited Sep 18 '18 at 00:21

answered Sep 17 '18 at 03:12

BerryMan

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 17 '18 at 06:07

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num1=int(input('What is the first number?:'))
num2=int(input('What is the second number?:'))
num3=int(input('What is the third number?:'))
if(num1>num2 and num1>num2):
    print(num2, 'is the largest value')
elif(num2>num1 and num2>num3):
    print(num2, 'is the largest value')
else:
    print(num3, 'isenter code here the largest value')

answered Sep 17 '18 at 06:07

Krishna Bihari

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Please add more details, possibly an explanation of your answer so its easy for others to understand. Appreciate it! – Srijith Sep 17 '18 at 06:13
Thanks for good advice, i will try to explain it. It was very simple program i made it as it is simple that's why i didn't explain it. – Krishna Bihari Sep 18 '18 at 05:49

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