Function to determine list max without itertools

[Grant Edwards]

On 2019-04-18, Rob Gaddi <rgaddi at highlandtechnology.invalid> wrote:
> On 4/18/19 4:35 PM, Sayth Renshaw wrote:
>
>> This is where I have ended up. Without itertools and max its what I got currently.
>> 
>> def maximum(listarg):
>>      myMax = listarg[0]
>>      for item in listarg:
>>          for i in listarg[listarg.index(item)+1:len(listarg)]:
>>              if myMax < i:
>>                  myMax = i
>> 
>>      return myMax
>> 
>> How would you simplify it?
>
> In English rather than Python, how do you find the maximum element
> in a list?

Hint: "greater than" is transitive.

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Grant