Is there a one line code to find maximal value in a matrix?

Question

To find the maximal value in a matrix of numbers, we can code 5 lines to solve the problem:

ans = matrix[0][0]
for x in range(len(matrix)):
    for y in rang         


        

Answer 1

You can also flatten your array:

from itertools import chain

flatten = chain.from_iterable

max(flatten(matrix))

Answer 2

using numpy.amax:

import numpy as np
>>> my_array
array([[1, 2, 3],
       [9, 8, 6]])
>>> np.amax(my_array)
9

Answer 3

By matrix, I assume you mean a 2d-list.

max([max(i) for i in matrix])

Answer 4

You can use generator expression to find the maximum in your matrix. That way you can avoid building the full list of matrix elements in memory.

maximum = max(max(row) for row in matrix)

instead of list comprehension as given in a previous answer here

maximum = max([max(row) for row in matrix])

This is from PEP (the rationale section):

...many of the use cases do not need to have a full list created in memory. Instead, they only need to iterate over the elements one at a time.

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Generator expressions are especially useful with functions like sum(), min(), and max() that reduce an iterable input to a single value

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The utility of generator expressions is greatly enhanced when combined with reduction functions like sum(), min(), and max().

Also, take a look at this SO post: Generator Expressions vs. List Comprehension.