#Max num from file, method 1
#First, let's open and read from the file
file = open("nums.txt")
fileContents = file.readlines()
#The first methiod is using a for loop
#Nearly forgot the variable
maxNum = 0
thisLine = 0
for count, line in enumerate(fileContents):
num = int(line.strip())
if num > maxNum:
maxNum = num
#using this method, we can aslo output the line num
thisLine = count
print("The maximum number is:",maxNum)
print("It is on line:",thisLine)
Get Max Num from File - Method 2
#Max num from file, method 2
#Now let's use the second method
#Opening and reading form the file once again
file = open("nums.txt")
fileContents = file.readlines()
#Now there is an in-built method called "max"
maxNum = max(fileContents)
print("The maximum number in the file is:",maxNum)
"""This method, although it is faster does have drawbacks
for exmample you can't output what line this number is on
in the file"""
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