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you have been given a series of numbers, write a program to find the maximum value among them.
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def findmaxvalue(lst): 
  # initialize maximum element as first element 
  maxvalue = lst[0]

  # iterate through the list
  for num in lst: 
    # compare maximum element with each element 
    # of the list and update maximum element 
    # if current element is greater than maximum element
    if num > maxvalue: 
      maxvalue = num 
  
  # return maximum element 
  return maxvalue
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