math functions with non numeric args

From	Andrew Z <formisc@gmail.com>
Date	2013-06-30 14:46 -0400
Subject	math functions with non numeric args
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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Hello,

print max(-10, 10)
10
print max('-10', 10)
-10

My guess max converts string to number bye decoding each of the characters
to it's ASCII equivalent?

Where can i read more on exactly how the situations like these are dealt
with?

Thank you
AZ

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math functions with non numeric args Andrew Z <formisc@gmail.com> - 2013-06-30 14:46 -0400
  Re: math functions with non numeric args Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2013-06-30 20:57 +0200

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