# Define a procedure, biggest, that takes three # numbers as inputs and returns the largest of # those three numbers. # My version: def biggest(a,b,c): if a < b or a < c: if b < c: return c else: return b else: return a # A more elegant code suggested by the instructor: def bigger(a,b): if a > b: return a else: return b def biggest(a,b,c): return bigger(bigger(a,b),c) print biggest(3, 6, 9) #>>> 9 print biggest(6, 9, 3) #>>> 9 print biggest(9, 3, 6) #>>> 9 print biggest(3, 3, 9) #>>> 9 print biggest(9, 3, 9)
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