Python max value from a text file

Question

I\'m trying to calculate max/min from a text file containing numbers, but can\'t figure out how. I was able to do count and total, but not max/min. Any help would be much apprec

Answer 1

Simpler way to achieve what you are doing is:

num_list = [float(num) for num in inputFile.read().split())
# OR, num_list = map(float, inputFile.read().split())

counter = len(num_list)
total = sum(num_list)

# Your desired values
max_val = max(num_list)
min_val = min(num_list)

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In case you want to do it in your code, you may do:

min_value, max_value = 999, -999  # Range based on the value you are sure you data will lie within

for numbers in inputFile:
    numbers = float(numbers.rstrip())
    # ... your other logic
    if min_val > numbers:
        min_val = numbers
    if max_value < numbers:
        numbers = numbers