How did i get the output as 50?

Question

def fun(pp):
if len(pp)==1:
return pp[0]
else:
price=fun(pp[1:])
if price>pp[0]:
return price
else:
return pp[0]
n=[10,20,30,40,50]
print(fun(n))

Answer 1

you shorten list from left side until one element is remaining. This is the last one.

Answer 2

Tq😊