data = [ (1, 7.57), (2, 2.1), (3, 1.2), (4, 2.1), (5, 0.01), (6, 0.5), (7, 0.2), (8, 0.6)] # Use t[0] to compare 0th tuple index _min = min(data, key = lambda t: t[1])
test_list = [(2, 3), (4, 7), (8, 11), (3, 6)] res1 = list(map(max, zip(*test_list))) res2 = list(map(min, zip(*test_list)))