# max_triple





Given a list of ints of odd length, look at the first, last, and middle values in the list and return the largest. The list length will be a least 1.

This exercise was taken from [codingbat.com](https://codingbat.com/prob/p185176) and has been adapted for the Python language. There are many great programming exercises there, but the majority are created for Java.






### Test 1
**Input:**
```
[1, 2, 3]
```
**Output:**
```
3
```
### Test 2
**Input:**
```
[1, 5, 3]
```
**Output:**
```
5
```
### Test 3
**Input:**
```
[5, 2, 3]
```
**Output:**
```
5
```
### Test 4
**Input:**
```
[1, 2, 3, 1, 1]
```
**Output:**
```
3
```
### Test 5
**Input:**
```
[1, 7, 3, 1, 5]
```
**Output:**
```
5
```
### Test 6
**Input:**
```
[5, 1, 3, 7, 1]
```
**Output:**
```
5
```
### Test 7
**Input:**
```
[5, 1, 7, 3, 7, 8, 1]
```
**Output:**
```
5
```
### Test 8
**Input:**
```
[5, 1, 7, 9, 7, 8, 1]
```
**Output:**
```
9
```
### Test 9
**Input:**
```
[5, 1, 7, 3, 7, 8, 9]
```
**Output:**
```
9
```
### Test 10
**Input:**
```
[2, 2, 5, 1, 1]
```
**Output:**
```
5
```