How do I find the maximum of 2 numbers?

Question

How to find the maximum of 2 numbers?

value = -9999
run = problem.getscore()

I need to compare the 2 values i.e value and

Answer 1

You can use max(value, run)

The function max takes any number of arguments, or (alternatively) an iterable, and returns the maximum value.

Answer 2

Just for the fun of it, after the party has finished and the horse bolted.

The answer is: max() !

Answer 3

You could also achieve the same result by using a Conditional Expression:

maxnum = run if run > value else value

a bit more flexible than max but admittedly longer to type.

Answer 4

I noticed that if you have divisions it rounds off to integer, it would be better to use:

c=float(max(a1,...,an))/b

Sorry for the late post!