max() function for numbers in strings?

Question

max(['200', '77'])
# Outputs: 77

Why is that? Shouldn't it be 200? or if it works like, which number comes last, it should still be 200 since it has 3 digits.

Answer 1

7 is greater than 2 ,strings are compared character by character

Answer 2

Abhay I was expecting you to answer, thank you so much. I find it strange this works this way.

Answer 3

You got to convert the 200 and 77 from str to int or float, otherwise it wont be seen as a number but a 'word'

Answer 4

just use int

X=['200','77']
def max_(X):
I=[int(z) for z in X]
return max(I)

print(max_(X))