Using Python's min() and max() (Summary)

Now you know how to use Python’s built-in min() and max() functions to find the smallest and largest values in an iterable or in a series of two or more regular arguments. You also learned about a few other characteristics of min() and max() that can make them useful in your day-to-day programming.

In this video course, you learned how to:

• Find the smallest and largest values using Python’s min() and max(), respectively
• Call min() and max() with a single iterable and with several regular arguments
• Use min() and max() with strings and dictionaries
• Customize the behavior of min() and max() with key and default
• Feed comprehensions and generator expressions into min() and max()

Additionally, you’ve coded a handful of practical examples using min() and max() to approach real-world problems that you might run into while coding. You’ve also a written custom version of min() and max() in pure Python, a nice learning exercise that helped you understand the logic behind these built-in functions.

Check out these resources to continue your learning:

• 📰 Working With the Python operator Module
• 📰 Using the Python zip() Function for Parallel Iteration
• 🎬 Parallel Iteration With Python’s zip() Function
• 📰 Using the len() Function in Python
• 🎬 Python’s len() Function
• 📰 When to Use a List Comprehension in Python
• 🎬 Understanding Python List Comprehensions
• 📰 Python args and kwargs: Demystified
• 🎬 Python args and kwargs: Demystified
• 📰 Using Python Optional Arguments When Defining Functions
• 🎬 Defining Python Functions With Optional Arguments