Simple way to execute without using an array/list?

[gsloup]

Is there a simple way to execute this function without literally going through every single parameter and saying if a > b and a > c... etc (without using a list or array)? I've been looking at this and cannot think of how to simplify the code without going into subjects we haven't covered yet. Thanks.

This is literally the extent of code I had to use to correctly run the function and I know it is very inefficient:

(with all of the correct indentation)
def greatest_parameter(a, b, c, d, e):
if a > b and a > c and a > d and a > e:
return a
else:
if b > c and b > d and b > e:
return b
else:
if c > d and c > e:
return c
else:
if d > e :
return d
else:
return e

[sprg24]

I just used the max operator

def greatest_parameter(a, b, c, d, e):
return max(a, b, c, d, e)

[gsloup]

@sprg24 thanks!