Finding Max

list1, list2 = [555, 700, 100] , ['123', 'xyz', 'zeroBytes', 'abc'], 
print ("Max int value is : ", max(list1) )
print ("Max String value is : ", max(list2) )

Max int value is :  700
Max String value is :  zeroBytes

import array as arr

# use 'i' for integer & 'd' for float/double/deciaml
arr_int = arr.array('i', [1, 2, 3, 70, 2, 45, 12])
arr_float = arr.array('d', [1, 2.5, 3])

max = max(arr_float)
max

3.0

max = arr_int[0]
for i in range(1, len(arr_int)):
    if arr_int[i] > max:
        max = arr_int[i]

max

70

mylist = []
s = 'append'
d = 1
getattr(mylist, s)(d)
mylist

[1]