Hi!

I've been learning Python at school, but at home I've taken more and more interest in learning C++. I have no clue why, but cpp is just more stimulating.

At school we've been learning about different concepts (?) at a very basic introductory level in Python (enumerate, matrixes/2d arrays, dictionaries, functions), and I've been "translating" or trying to find an equivalent of those in cpp to get familiar with the syntax and how the language works.

So my question is it better for me as a beginner to use the built-in functions offered by languages in general, or should I write them myself. For example

How should I get the largest int from a list?

list = [112, 23, 3, 4, 54]
def biggest_int(input_list):
maximum = input_list[0]
for number in list:
    if number > maximum:
        maximum = number
return maximum

OR

print(max(list))

what I've done in cpp:

#include <vector>
std::vector<int> numbers = {1, 2, 4, 58, 68, 23, 45, 56};  
int maximum = numbers[0];

for (int number : numbers) { if (number > maximum) { maximum = number; } }

or

return *std::max_element(numbers.begin(), numbers.end());

I know these are not 1:1 translations or exactly the same methods/versions, but I think these demonstrate what I am trying to ask

Thanks in advance, and please tell me if the question isn't clear enough.