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Define a function max() that takes two numbers as arguments and returns the largest of them.

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Define a function max() that takes two numbers as arguments and returns the largest of them.

Use the if-then-else construct available in Python. (It is true that Python has the max() function built in, but writing it yourself is nevertheless a good exercise.)

Solution

    def new_max(a, b):

    assert b != a, "Values are the same."
    if a > b:
        return a
    elif b > a:
        return b

    print(new_max(46, 46.5))

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