Find the largest number

Find the biggest value in a list without a built-in max function.

🟢 EasyDifficulty

The challenge

Given [3, 67, 2, 89, 12, 45], print the largest number. (For extra practice, try it without using a built-in max/Math.max function.)

Output

🧠 Need a hint? (Python)

Track a running "largest so far" variable, starting at nums[0], and update it inside a for n in nums: loop whenever you see something bigger.

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