How to find the maximum number in a list using a loop?

Question

So I have this list and variables:

nums = [14, 8, 9, 16, 3, 11, 5]

big = nums[0]

spot = 0

I'm confused about how to actually do it. I want to use this exercise to give me a starter. How do I do that on Python?

Answer 1

Usually, you could just use

max(nums)

If you explicitly want to use a loop, try:

max_value = None
for n in nums:
    if n > max_value: max_value = n

Answer 2

Here you go...

nums = [14, 8, 9, 16, 3, 11, 5]

big = max(nums)
spot = nums.index(big)

This would be the Pythonic way of achieving this. If you want to use a loop, then loop with the current max value and check if each element is larger, and if so, assign to the current max.