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Find the maximum value element in a list recursively in Python 3.
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find_max_recursive.py
def find_max(nums):
if not nums:
return 0
return max(nums[0], find_max(nums[1:]))
nums = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
print(find_max(nums))
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