On 12/4/2009 1:22 PM, Kent Johnson wrote:
max() finds the 'largest' in sort order. Strings sort in dictionary order so the max of a list strings will be the one that comes last in dictionary order.\
To prevent confusion: When Kent said "dictionary order" it means real-life dictionary, the thick book where you find definitions of words, not python dictionary (which is basically unordered).
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