title: why is max() printing the wrong amount?
body: <pre><code>list = [['apples', 'oranges', 'cherries', 'banana'],
          ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol', 'David'],
           ['dogs', 'cats', 'moose', 'goose']]
  
  print(len(max(list[0])))
  </code></pre>
  <p>Output: 7</p>
  <p>why is the output 7 and not 8?</p>
  <p>when i modify the print statement to:</p>
  <pre><code>print(len(max(list[0], key = len))) 
  </code></pre>
  <p>it works. I dont understand why. I hope someone can help me out.</p>
  <p>thanks</p>