On Sun, 5 Jun 2022 at 07:46, Michael F. Stemper <michael.stem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Python contains built-in functions that return the minimum or > maximum items in a list. > > >>> l = [1.618033,3.141593,2.718282] > >>> min(l) > 1.618033 > >>> max(l) > 3.141593 > >>> > > Are there similar functions that return not only the minimum > or maximum value, but also its position? > > >>> specialmin(l) > (0,1.618033) > >>> specialmax(l) > 3.141593 > >>> >
No, but it shouldn't be too hard to make it if you want it. The obvious option of calling max/min on the enumerated list won't work on its own, since the index comes before the value, but with a key function it would work fine: >>> min(enumerate(l), key=lambda x: x[1]) (0, 1.618033) >>> max(enumerate(l), key=lambda x: x[1]) (1, 3.141593) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
