Hello there!
Thank you for the good work you are doing at helping newbies to python.
Please I'd like clarification with the exercise below:
Create a function get_algorithm_result to implement the algorithm below
Get a list of numbers L1, L2, L3....LN as argument
Assume L1 is the largest, Largest = L1
Take next number Li from the list and do the following
If Largest is less than Li
Largest = Li
If Li is last number from the list then
return Largest and come out
Else repeat same process starting from step 3
This what I've come up with:
def get_algorithm_result( numlist ):
largest = numlist[0]
i = 1
while ( i < len(numlist) ):
if ( largest < numlist[i]):
largest = numlist[i]
i = i + 1
return largest
numlist1 = [1,2,3,4,5]
numlist2 = [10,20,30,40,50]
largest = get_algorithm_result(numlist1)
print largest
largest = get_algorithm_result(numlist2)
print largest
And I keep getting this error :
. test_maximum_number_two
Failure in line 15, in test_maximum_number_two self.assertEqual(result,
"zoo", msg="Incorrect number") AssertionError: Incorrect number
Using unittest
I look forward to your response,
Thank you!
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