find max value in list python3 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 find max in list

# Python program to find largest 
# number in a list 

# list of numbers 
list1 = [10, 20, 4, 45, 99] 


# printing the maximum element 
print("Largest element is:", max(list1))