Python String max() Method

Description

The method max() returns the max alphabetical character from the string str.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for max() method

max(str)

Parameters

• str -- This is the string from which max alphabetical character needs to be returned.

Return Value

This method returns the max alphabetical character from the string str.

Example

The following example shows the usage of max() method.

#!/usr/bin/python

str = "this is really a string example....wow!!!";
print "Max character: " + max(str);

str = "this is a string example....wow!!!";
print "Max character: " + max(str);

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Max character: y
Max character: x