How do I find the largest number in a list without using max()?

Question

Imagine you have a list like this:

nums = [4, 9, 2, 11, 7]

If I don’t want to use the built-in max() function, how can I figure out the biggest number in that list just using a loop?

Answer 1

Your attempt!??

p.s. iterate through loop, and compare the number to a previously found maximum number.

Answer 2

A short pythonic way might be to use sorted then grab the last number.

print(sorted(nums)[-1])