In article <4b7a91b1.6030...@lonetwin.net>, steve <st...@lonetwin.net> wrote: >On 02/16/2010 05:49 PM, W. eWatson wrote: >> >> See Subject. a = [1,4,9,3]. Find max, 9, then index to it, 2. > >The most obvious would be a.index(max(a)). Is that what you wanted ?
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