Python Finding Index of Maximum in List

Question

def main():
    a = [2,1,5,234,3,44,7,6,4,5,9,11,12,14,13]
    max = 0
    for number in a:
        if number > max:
            max = number
    print max

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Answer 1

If you like powerfull code you would like this :) If you just have integer numbers you can substitute float by int.

maximum= max(map(float,[2,1,5,234,3,44,7,6,4,5,9,11,12,14,13]))

If you have your input in a text file do this:

file.txt

2 1 5 234 3 44 7 6 4 5 9 11 12 14 13

maximum= max(map(float,(open('file.txt', 'r').readline()).split()))