find the max value in a list 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: python largest value in list

>>> list = [1, 3, 2, 0]
>>> max(list)
3

Example 3: max int in a python list

>>> L=[2,-7,3,3,6,2,5]
>>> max(L)
6

Example 4: max in a list python

li=[0,70,7,89]
max(li)
#gives the max value 89

Example 5: index of maximum value in list python

[i for i, x in enumerate(l) if x == max(l)]

Example 6: max of a list in python

#!/usr/bin/python

list1, list2 = [123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc'], [456, 700, 200]
print "Max value element : ", max(list1)
print "Max value element : ", max(list2)