[Tutor] python coding problem

[Richard Koeman]

This is my first time using this so I hope it works.
I am trying to find out why this code doesnt work.
Its simple.  I want to find out which number is bigger.

I hope you can help and that I am using this python feature properly.
Thanks.
The function prints the first two print statements then nothing else
happens.

def maximum(n1, n2):
  print "the first number is" ,n1
  print "the second number is", n2
  if n1 > n2:
return
print n1 , "is the bigger number"
  elif n1 < n2:
return n2
print n2
  elif n1 == n2:
print "they are equal"
  else:
print "Sorry, No response found"
maximum(1,2)

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[Tutor] please help me modify this code so that I can utilize raw_input

[Richard Koeman]

I would like to modify this code so that instead of me calling the function
with the list as shown [1,2,3,4], the user inputs the list with raw_input.

Thanks in advance


"""Define a function sum() and a function multiply() that sums and
multiplies (respectively) all the numbers in a list of numbers. For
example, sum([1, 2, 3, 4]) should return 10, and multiply([1, 2, 3, 4])
should return 24."""

def sum(mylist = [], *args):
  print mylist
  sum_of_number = 0
  for i in mylist:
sum_of_number += i
  print "The sum of the digits in your number is %s" %(sum_of_number)
def multiply(mylist = [], *args):
  product_of_number = 1
  for i in mylist:
product_of_number = product_of_number * i
  print "The product of the digits in your number is %s"
%(product_of_number)

sum([1,2,3,4])
multiply([1,2,3,4])

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