max element of a list python code example

Example 1: python largest value in list

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

Example 2: python how to return max num index

import numpy as np

x=[1,2,3,4,5]

max_index=np.argmax(x) 
# return the index of the maximun element
# max_index has the value 4

Example 3: max in a list python

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

Example 4: python how to find the highest even in a list

def highest_even(li):
  evens = []
  for item in li:
    if item % 2 == 0:
      evens.append(item)
  return max(evens)

print(highest_even([10,2,3,4,8,11]))


# Building a function to find the highest even number in a list