get max item in 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 in a list python

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