Find Max
Infinity
The built-in float() function can create a numeric floating point value of negative infinity. Instead of initializing a base value like 0 or -100000, we can use float("-inf") to represent negative infinity. Because every value will be greater than negative infinity, we can use it as a starting point to help us achieve our goal of finding the max value.
negative_infinity = float("-inf")
positive_infinity = float("inf")
Assignment
Our players want a way to see their strongest attack from their last combat. Let's add another function to analyze data from our combat log.
Complete the find_max function that looks at each number in the nums list and returns the maximum value. If no maximum is found, it just returns negative infinity. I've added it for you as the starting value of max_so_far.
Here's an example of how your find_max function should work:
max_val = find_max([100, 10, 22])
print(max_val)
# 100
Tip
max_so_far is just that, the highest number from the list so far. It starts as negative infinity because any and every number is larger than negative infinity.