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python find the key with max value

a_dictionary = {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}

# get key with max value
max_key = max(a_dictionary, key=a_dictionary.get)

print(max_key)
Posted by: Guest on April-27-2020
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max function python

The max() function returns the largest of the input values.

Syntax:  
 max(iterable, *[, key, default])
 max(arg1, arg2, *args[, key])
 
  PARAMETER	       			     DESCRIPTION
  iterable    | An iterable object like string, list, tuple etc.
 (required)	
  default     | The default value to return if the iterable is empty.
 (optional)	
    key 	  | It refers to the single argument function to customize the sort 
 (optional)     order. The function is applied to each item on the iterable.
 
  
Example:
 max([2, 1, 4, 3]) # Output: 4
 max([], default=0) # supressing the error with default value, Output: 0
 max("c", "b", "a", "Y", "Z") # Output: c
 max("c", "b", "a", "Y", "Z", key=str.lower) # Output: Z
Posted by: Guest on September-24-2021

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