python get max element in list code example

Example 1: 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 2: max int in a python list

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