# 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
number_list = [1, 2, 3]
max_value = max(number_list)
# Return the max value of the list
max_index = number_list.index(max_value)
# Find the index of the max value
print(max_index)
max(list)
x = [1, 4, 6]
print(max(x))
#!/usr/bin/python
list1, list2 = [123, 'xyz', 'zara', 'abc'], [456, 700, 200]
print "Max value element : ", max(list1)
print "Max value element : ", max(list2)
>>> m = max(a)
>>> [i for i, j in enumerate(a) if j == m]
[9, 12]