To solve this problem, we need to write a function that finds the maximum value in a list of integers. The solution involves iterating through the list and keeping track of the highest value encountered.
The approach to solve this problem is as follows:
ValueError since there is no maximum value in an empty list.def find_max(lst):
if not lst:
raise ValueError("List is empty")
max_val = lst[0]
for num in lst[1:]:
if num > max_val:
max_val = num
return max_val
if not lst checks if the list is empty. If true, it raises an error to handle the edge case of no elements.max_val is set to the first element of the list because we need a starting point for comparn.max_val. If yes, max_val is updated to this element.max_val (the largest element) is returned.This approach efficiently finds the maximum value with a time complexity of O(n), where n is the number of elements in the list, since we iterate through the list exactly once. The space complexity is O(1) as we only use a constant amount of extra space.
Examples:
find_max([1, 3, 2]) → returns 3find_max([-5, -3, -10]) → returns -3find_max([7]) → returns 7find_max([]) → raises ValueError: List is emptyThis solution handles all edge cases and works for both positive and negative integers. It is optimal and easy to understand.
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