diff --git a/list.max.for.2.py b/list.max.for.2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9839b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/list.max.for.2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+a = [3, 5, 7, 9, 21, 10, 62, 34, 9, 5, 8]
+
+maxval = a[0]
+for i in a[1:]:
+    if i > maxval:
+        maxval = i
+
+print(maxval)
diff --git a/list.max.for.py b/list.max.for.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6813ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/list.max.for.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+a = [3, 5, 7, 9, 21, 10, 62, 34, 9, 5, 8]
+
+maxval = a[0]
+for i in range(1, len(a)):
+    if a[i] > maxval:
+        maxval = a[i]
+
+print(maxval)