python find max in list

1# any list
2a = [1, 7, 3, 12, 5]
3
4# index of minimum element
5# if more than 1 minimum, 
6# first index is returned
7min_index = a.index(min(a))
8
9# index of maximum element
10max_index = a.index(max(a))

1>>> list = [1, 3, 2, 0]
2>>> max(list)
33

1a.index(max(a))

1# Python program to find largest 
2# number in a list 
3
4# list of numbers 
5list1 = [10, 20, 4, 45, 99] 
6
7
8# printing the maximum element 
9print("Largest element is:", max(list1)) 
10

1>>> L=[2,-7,3,3,6,2,5]
2>>> max(L)
36

1max(list)