how to find greatest number in python

1Method 1 : Sort the list in ascending order and print the last element in the list.
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8# Python program to find largest 
9# number in a list 
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11# list of numbers 
12list1 = [10, 20, 4, 45, 99] 
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14# sorting the list 
15list1.sort() 
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17# printing the last element 
18print("Largest element is:", list1[-1]) 
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21Largest element is: 99

1#!/usr/bin/python
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3list1, list2 = [123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc'], [456, 700, 200]
4print "Max value element : ", max(list1)
5print "Max value element : ", max(list2)