Rebrained!

Python – gotta love it

I’ve programmed in lots of languages (have on past occasion considered myself a Smalltalk, Java, Ruby… aficionado.) But I really like Python and the mindset of the community – a smart, no-nonsense efficiency. Something simple like unit testing – you can do it by having Python execute your docstrings, which you can cut and past straight from the shell. Nice!

def largestArrayCompareToMax(array):
    """
    Prints largest value in array by comparing to max - O(n) solution
    >>> largestArrayCompareToMax([1,5,9,2,4,6,8,3,7])
    9
    """
    max = array[0]
    for i in range(len(array)):
        if array[i] > max:
            max = array[i]
    print max

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod()