>>> lis_num = [1, 3, 2, 0]
>>> max(lis_num)
3

# Python program to find N largest
# element from given list of integers
  
# Function returns N largest elements
def Nmaxelements(list1, N):
    final_list = []
  
    for i in range(0, N): 
        max1 = 0
          
        for j in range(len(list1)):     
            if list1[j] > max1:
                max1 = list1[j];
                  
        list1.remove(max1);
        final_list.append(max1)
          
    print(final_list)
  
# Driver code
list1 = [2, 6, 41, 85, 0, 3, 7, 6, 10]
N = 2
  
# Calling the function
Nmaxelements(list1, N)

# Python program to find largest
# number in a list
 
# list of numbers
list1 = [10, 20, 4, 45, 99]
 
# sorting the list
list1.sort()
 
# printing the last element
print("Largest element is:", list1[-1])

longest_string = len(max(a_list, key=len))