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How to write a program that returns the largest even number in the list of integers.

If there is no even number in the input, print "No even element".

17th Jan 2020, 5:43 AM
Lalit kumar
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Lalit kumar here is a quick fix on your code: If any questions please ask. https://code.sololearn.com/cw2xZgles6no/?ref=app
17th Jan 2020, 6:30 AM
Mihai Apostol
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If you like this also: (list comprehension with max() function and if condition) print(max([i for i in range(38) if i%2 == 0]))
17th Jan 2020, 12:05 PM
Lothar
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You could also try: max(lst, key=lambda n: n*(n%2==0))
18th Jan 2020, 4:21 PM
yaseer
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yaseer, that‘s a really nice code!
18th Jan 2020, 4:36 PM
Lothar
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Thanks Lothar
18th Jan 2020, 6:33 PM
yaseer
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Rohan Agrawal absolutely agree
18th Jan 2020, 7:36 PM
George Pavlov
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Did you try yourself?
17th Jan 2020, 5:45 AM
Mihai Apostol
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Post your try here and people will be glad to help you.
17th Jan 2020, 5:55 AM
Mihai Apostol
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ravindu poorna this will throw an error if there is no even number in given input
18th Jan 2020, 7:27 PM
Rohan Agrawal
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ravindu poorna No Problem :)
18th Jan 2020, 7:41 PM
Rohan Agrawal
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You're welcome.
17th Jan 2020, 6:46 AM
Mihai Apostol
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Try this logic: - create a variable "largest" and initialize it with the value -1. - iterate over the list and for each element, check if it's even. - if it is even, compare it with the variable "largest" and if the element is greater than "largest", then assign that element to largest. - when the loop ends, the largest even number will be stored in "largest". - check if "largest" is equal to -1. If it is, the list contains no even number. Try yourself once before checking the code. Code for reference: https://code.sololearn.com/cc6n7B40hqG7/?ref=app A more advanced logic: - use 'filter' to obtain a list of only even integers. - 'filter' takes first argument as an anonymous function. - check if length of new list is 0. If it is, no even number exists. - else use 'max' to find largest number in the list. Code for reference: https://code.sololearn.com/cx6K8KTk1wVO/?ref=app
18th Jan 2020, 6:44 PM
Rohan Agrawal
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max(list) - returns the largest number in a list of integers
18th Jan 2020, 6:52 PM
George Pavlov
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#this will return the highest even number #this will take the user input and make a list inputNumbers = input ("enter your numbers ") inputList = list(inputNumbers) #this will convert the str list into int for i in range(0,len(inputList)): inputList[i] = int(inputList[i]) #ths will check for the even numbers even = list (filter(lambda x:x%2==0,inputList)) if len(even) != 0: print (max(even)) else: print ("there is no even numbers")
18th Jan 2020, 7:20 PM
ravindu poorna
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George Pavlov this won't give the "largest even" number. It simply gives the "largest" number irrespective of whether it's odd or even.
18th Jan 2020, 7:29 PM
Rohan Agrawal
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Rohan Agrawal I did fix the problem. Thank you.
18th Jan 2020, 7:35 PM
ravindu poorna
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George Pavlov check out my answer if you face any trouble. Happy coding! :)
18th Jan 2020, 7:45 PM
Rohan Agrawal
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numbers = list(range(0,10,2)) print(max(numbers))
18th Jan 2020, 7:51 PM
George Pavlov
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I tried but not getting the same result
17th Jan 2020, 5:53 AM
Lalit kumar
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lst=eval(input ("Enter list:")) length=len(lst) pos=0 largest=0 while pos<length: if lst[pos]%2==0: largest=lst[i] print(largest even no. is :'') else: print ("No even element ")
17th Jan 2020, 6:08 AM
Lalit kumar
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