THIS Is VERY Useful! #code #programming #python

This is very useful! #code #programming #python

[Wineblood]

M > J > C
Strings are compared character by character based on the order in Ascii

[TheTriggor]

The default makes perfect sense, as max(arr) should be equivalent to sort(arr)[-1], and sorting alphabetically is the only reasonable solution in this case

[TwstedTV]

It does NOT feel random.
The reason why the string 'Mario' in the list is the max value, is because its going by alphabetical order. C, J, M. Where the M is considered the highest value in the alphabet sequence.

[markusklyver]

The set of strings is actually a poset, and the relation used for ordering is the alphabetical order.

[JordanMetroidManiac]

Yeah… these builtin functions are very versatile. I like min, max, map, zip, enumerate, sorted, and reversed. I always try to use filter() but end up writing my own generator comprehension anyway.

One common thing I use map for is string concatenation over an array of non-string types, such as:
arr = [6, 1, 8]
print(‘ -> ‘.join(map(str, arr)))

Can’t do join(arr) but you can do join(map(str, arr)). Useful function! It’s definitely useful in other cases as well.

And zip() is my favorite one. I wrap enumerate() around it very frequently.

[DrDeuteron]

Len is not a method. It identifies as a function. A built in, even.

[Mariomm_marti]

Python developer learns glibc's strncmp function 🤣

[andres.igmendez]

Really useful if you have embedded lists too

[jonathaneugeniosandovalmar]

What is the name of the font and theme?

[niels]

The short is alright but please why would you say that it feels a bit random, that just causes confusion. Obviously it's not random. By default, max uses the greater than (I believe) operator implementation of the values in the list. For strings, this is defined as the alphanumerical difference, so if the first non matching character encountered is greater than the other.

[ScepticEngineer]

Discovered basic functionality available in Python. Nice

[rezwhap]

It’s a lexicographic sort by Unicode code point. Too many comments here are saying it’s alphabetical or ASCII based. Alphabetical would be case-insensitive.

[osomartinez]

max of strings is what comes at the end of list sorted alphabetically. just like in SQL

[nexsynthzer_beatbox]

Python can either be easy if you know or Confusing when you can’t figure out how it can be figured out

[thatpaulschofield]

So frustrating that you don't run the second version of the function.

[tabrezahamed]

Name of the application and version pls?

[Amstelchen]

It's getting more interesting if you try max using different collations and names with diacritics, like with Polish names 😂

[matthewsaucedo]

Went into this video not expecting much but this is actually very neat

[HR-pzts]

It's probably not random it's printing out output on the basis of how we check words in a dictionary.

[yourDecisin]

It's quite easy, really. Mario has more coins than Jeff and Carlos