Question

Given the variables name1 and name2, write a fragment of code that assigns the larger of their associated values to first.

Answer 1

We can compare strings like numbers,
if "a" > "b":
do something
Solutions will be

Python:
first = max(name1, name2)
second = min(name1, name2)

Or if we are not supposed to use max() and min(), we can achieve the same thing with a conditional,
Python:
if name1 > name2: ...