Index of maximum element in list
bearophileHUGS at lycos.com
bearophileHUGS at lycos.com
Sat Jan 26 04:51:51 EST 2008
> Henry Baxter wrote:
> > def maxi(l):
> > m = max(l)
> > for i, v in enumerate(l):
> > if m == v:
> > return i
>
> What's about l.index(max(l)) ?
The version I use:
def posmax(seq, key=None):
"""Return the position of the first maximum item of a sequence.
It accepts the usual key parameter too."""
if key:
return max(enumerate(seq), key=lambda k: key(k[1]))[0]
else:
return max(enumerate(seq), key=itemgetter(1))[0]
Bye,
bearophile
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