Problem 44436. Find the largest number

Created by Shaul Salomon

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Dyuman Joshi on 20 Dec 2020

Nice!
It's a shock that I didn't know such a function existed

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HH on 31 May 2018

Better than all previous non-cheat solutions :-)

Dyuman Joshi on 20 Dec 2020

You might wanna check it again ;)

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Michael Eldredge on 6 Dec 2017

The function 'unique' should probably also be prohibited.

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David Verrelli on 5 Dec 2017

Strictly following the problem statement, this should pass?

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Shaul Salomon on 3 Dec 2017

This also does the trick :)

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