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Sunil Kamat
Sunil Kamat

Reputation: 21

How to use max function in python? I'm getting TypeError

>>> a = [1,2,3,4,5]

Max function gives TypeError: 'int' object is not callable

>>> max(a)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
>>> max(1, 2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
>>>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 824

Answers (3)

DevShark
DevShark

Reputation: 9112

The error is clear: you have redefined max to be an int in your code. Or you use someone else's code that does that. So you probably have something like this somewhere

max = 4

This is why it is seen as very bad practice to use built-in names as variable names. Python allows you to do it, but it's error prone.

Prefer the use of maximum or max_ if you really want something close to max.

Upvotes: 1

Avi&#243;n
Avi&#243;n

Reputation: 8386

You have somewhere in your code defined a variable named max 

max = something

Because:

a = [1,2,3,4,5]
print max(a)

Outputs 5 and works perfectly.

Upvotes: 0

user5547025
user5547025

Reputation:

It works:

In [1]: a = [1,2,3,4,5]

In [2]: max(a)
Out[2]: 5

If you have not shadowed max somewhere, everything works as expected.

Upvotes: 0

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