I have a question about Python:
tuple1 = (123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc', 9681)
print "Max value element : ", max(tuple1)
Why the output is 'zara' not 9681?
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2look at the ascii table, z is after numbers – depperm Jun 21 '17 at 02:00
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I'm surprise this works at all, there shouldn't be a way to compare `int` with `str`... – Brian Rodriguez Jun 21 '17 at 02:02
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1@BrianRodriguez only in Python 2, I don't think it works in Python 3. – Mark Ransom Jun 21 '17 at 02:03
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@Mark Ransom Yeah I just checked, it doesn't. – Brian Rodriguez Jun 21 '17 at 02:04
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In Python 3, what answer will be output? – みやみず みつは Jun 21 '17 at 02:08
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Python 3 will raise: `TypeError: '>' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int'` – Brian Rodriguez Jun 21 '17 at 02:09
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Because it is order by ascii table. 'z' is 122 and '1' is 49. For this reason, it will return 'zara'
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1It's got nothing to do with the ascii collating sequence. Try `max((123, ' ', 456))`: the result is `' '` even though the space is ascii 32, lower than all other printable characters. – BoarGules Jun 21 '17 at 07:32