IslandT: Find the maximum value within a string with Python

In this chapter we are going to solve the above problem with a Python method. Given a string which consists of words and numbers, we are going to extract out the numbers that are within those words from that string, then compare and return the largest number within the given string.

These are the steps we need to do.

1. Turn the string into a list of words.
2. Create a string which only consists of digits separated by empty space that replaces the words within the digits.
3. Create a new list only consists of digits then returns the maximum digit.

def solve(s):
    
    s_list = list(s)
    str = ''
    for e in s_list:
        if e.isdigit():
            str += e
        else:
            str += ' '
    n_list = str.split(' ')
    e_list = []
    for x in n_list:
        if x.isdigit(): 
            e_list.append(int(x))
    return max(e_list)

The max method will return the maximum digit within a list.

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