max(s) does not what I expect it to do.
Gerrit Holl
gerrit.holl at pobox.com
Sun Jun 20 15:27:09 EDT 1999
On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 08:21:21PM +0200, Gerrit Holl wrote:
> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 20:21:21 +0200
> From: Gerrit Holl <gerrit.holl at pobox.com>
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: max(s) does not what I expect it to do.
>
> So I did the following:
>
> Python 1.5.2 (#1, Apr 18 1999, 00:16:12) [GCC 2.7.2.3] on linux2
> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> list = [ ['a'], ['a', 'b'], ['a', 'b', 'c'] ]
> >>> max(list)
> ['a', 'b', 'c']
> >>> list = [ ['a', 'b', 'c'], ['a', 'b'], ['a'] ]
> >>> print max(list)
> ['a', 'b', 'c']
>
Huh?
This is right!
But if I run this script:
#!/usr/bin/python
list = [ ['a', 'b', 'c'], ['d', 'e'], ['f'] ]
print max(list)
I get:
['f']
groeten,
Gerrit.
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