#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
ENGG1811 Lecture Week 4 

This file finds the maximum in a list of numbers 

"""

# %%
import math # we want to use the constant math.inf
# Note: math.inf is positive infinity
# Any number is less than positive infinity
# e.g. 5 < math.inf is True
# 
# We need minus infinity here, which is -math.inf 

# %% 
# Define num_list 
num_list = [4, 2, 6, 12, -3, 17]

# %%
max_so_far = -math.inf # Initialise to minus infinity

for num in num_list:
    if num > max_so_far:
        max_so_far = num 
                
print('The maximum is:',max_so_far)