def adder(num1, num2):
    return (num1+num2)

def avg(scores_to_avg):
    size = len(scores_to_avg)
    sum = 0
    for i in range(size):
        sum = sum + scores_to_avg[i]
    avg = sum/size
    return avg

def createList():
    list = [90, 87, 99, 94]
    return list

def getListFromUser():
    list = []
    numtoenter = input("Enter the number of numbers you'd like to input: ")
    x = 0
    while x < numtoenter:
        num = input("Enter number: ")
        list.append(num)
        x = x + 1
    return list


#input: [4, 6, 8]
#side effect
#Element number 1 is 4
#Element number 2 is 6
#Element number 3 is 8
def printList(list):
    length = len(list)
    x = 0
    while x < length:
        print "Element number ", (x+1), " is ", list[x]
        x = x + 1

def getMax(list):
    #initialize highest
    highest = list[0]
    #for each number in list
    # if larger than highest     
    #   change highest to be current number
    x = 1 
    while x < len(list):
        if list[x] > highest:
          highest = list[x]
        x = x + 1
    return highest

result = createList()
max = getMax(result)
print max

#print result


#result = adder(5, 6)
#print "Result of adding 5 and 6 is: ", result

#scores=[90, 67, 98, 87]

#result = avg(scores)
#print "The average of the scores in the list scores is: ", result
#print scores


#result = adder(scores[0], scores[1])

#print result



#first_scores=[90, 56, 87, 54, 77, 65]

#second_scores=first_scores

#print second_scores

#first_scores[3] = 9999

#print second_scores



#all_scores = first_scores+second_scores

#print all_scores

#del all_scores[2:5]

#print all_scores



#for i in range(len(all_scores)):
#    all_scores[i] = 0

#yourscore = 98
#all_scores.append(98)
#print len(all_scores)

#print all_scores

#mystring = "san francisco"
#mylist = [4, 7, 3, 6, 3, 2, 6, 10]

#x = 0
#mylistlength = len(mylist)

#option 1
#while x < mylistlength:
#    print mylist[x]
#    x = x + 1

#option 2
#for i in range(len(mylist)):
#    print mylist[i]
    
#option 3
#for j in mylist:
#    print j