how to find max value and its location in python code example

Example 1: python index of max value in list

# any list
a = [1, 7, 3, 12, 5]

# index of minimum element
# if more than 1 minimum, 
# first index is returned
min_index = a.index(min(a))

# index of maximum element
max_index = a.index(max(a))

Example 2: # get the largest number in a list and print its indexes

numbers = 1,3,11,42,12,4001
highestnumber = -999
for i in numbers:
  if i > highestnumber:
    highestnumber = i
print(numbers.index(highestnumber))