Python max() function With Objects

Unlike the max() function of C/C++, the max() function in Python can take any type of object and return the largest among them. In the case of strings, it returns the lexicographically largest value.

Syntax : max(arg1, arg2, *args[, key]) 

Parameters : 

• arg1, arg2 : objects of the same datatype
• *args : multiple objects
• key : function where comparison of iterable is performed based on its return value

Returns : The maximum value 

Python max() function returns the largest item in an iterable or the largest of two or more arguments.

It has two forms.

• max() function with objects
• max() function with iterable