# 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))
li=[0,70,7,89] max(li) #gives the max value 89
max(list)
#!/usr/bin/python list1, list2 = [123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc'], [456, 700, 200] print "Max value element : ", max(list1) print "Max value element : ", max(list2)