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I am trying to find the min and max of each list in a nested list, and the index of when the min or max occurred:



So that, for example:



l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]


Becomes:



maxl=[7,10,3]
indexl=[2,1,2]


I've tried this and it seems to get me the max list (no indexes yet) but not for min- does anyone know how best to do this?



maxHap=
for subL in happiness1:
maxHap.append(max(subL))
print(maxHap)

minHap=
for subL in happiness1:
minHap.append(min(subL))
print(minHap)


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    This should actually work. What results do you get?
    – MrLeeh
    Nov 11 at 10:28










  • The max list is filled but the min list just returns a list of spaces, which is incorrect
    – I. Evans
    Nov 11 at 10:29










  • Got it working! But thanks
    – I. Evans
    Nov 11 at 10:32










  • Why is the expected output for "l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]", "maxl=[7,10,3] and indexl=[2,1,2]"? Shouldn't it be (7, 10, 3) and (2, 1, 1) instead?
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    Nov 11 at 10:33















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I am trying to find the min and max of each list in a nested list, and the index of when the min or max occurred:



So that, for example:



l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]


Becomes:



maxl=[7,10,3]
indexl=[2,1,2]


I've tried this and it seems to get me the max list (no indexes yet) but not for min- does anyone know how best to do this?



maxHap=
for subL in happiness1:
maxHap.append(max(subL))
print(maxHap)

minHap=
for subL in happiness1:
minHap.append(min(subL))
print(minHap)


Thank you from a newbie










share|improve this question
























  • Are you open to using an additional dependency like numpy?
    – Mad Physicist
    Nov 11 at 10:27






  • 1




    This should actually work. What results do you get?
    – MrLeeh
    Nov 11 at 10:28










  • The max list is filled but the min list just returns a list of spaces, which is incorrect
    – I. Evans
    Nov 11 at 10:29










  • Got it working! But thanks
    – I. Evans
    Nov 11 at 10:32










  • Why is the expected output for "l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]", "maxl=[7,10,3] and indexl=[2,1,2]"? Shouldn't it be (7, 10, 3) and (2, 1, 1) instead?
    – quant
    Nov 11 at 10:33













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up vote
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I am trying to find the min and max of each list in a nested list, and the index of when the min or max occurred:



So that, for example:



l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]


Becomes:



maxl=[7,10,3]
indexl=[2,1,2]


I've tried this and it seems to get me the max list (no indexes yet) but not for min- does anyone know how best to do this?



maxHap=
for subL in happiness1:
maxHap.append(max(subL))
print(maxHap)

minHap=
for subL in happiness1:
minHap.append(min(subL))
print(minHap)


Thank you from a newbie










share|improve this question















I am trying to find the min and max of each list in a nested list, and the index of when the min or max occurred:



So that, for example:



l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]


Becomes:



maxl=[7,10,3]
indexl=[2,1,2]


I've tried this and it seems to get me the max list (no indexes yet) but not for min- does anyone know how best to do this?



maxHap=
for subL in happiness1:
maxHap.append(max(subL))
print(maxHap)

minHap=
for subL in happiness1:
minHap.append(min(subL))
print(minHap)


Thank you from a newbie







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  • Are you open to using an additional dependency like numpy?
    – Mad Physicist
    Nov 11 at 10:27






  • 1




    This should actually work. What results do you get?
    – MrLeeh
    Nov 11 at 10:28










  • The max list is filled but the min list just returns a list of spaces, which is incorrect
    – I. Evans
    Nov 11 at 10:29










  • Got it working! But thanks
    – I. Evans
    Nov 11 at 10:32










  • Why is the expected output for "l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]", "maxl=[7,10,3] and indexl=[2,1,2]"? Shouldn't it be (7, 10, 3) and (2, 1, 1) instead?
    – quant
    Nov 11 at 10:33


















  • Are you open to using an additional dependency like numpy?
    – Mad Physicist
    Nov 11 at 10:27






  • 1




    This should actually work. What results do you get?
    – MrLeeh
    Nov 11 at 10:28










  • The max list is filled but the min list just returns a list of spaces, which is incorrect
    – I. Evans
    Nov 11 at 10:29










  • Got it working! But thanks
    – I. Evans
    Nov 11 at 10:32










  • Why is the expected output for "l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]", "maxl=[7,10,3] and indexl=[2,1,2]"? Shouldn't it be (7, 10, 3) and (2, 1, 1) instead?
    – quant
    Nov 11 at 10:33
















Are you open to using an additional dependency like numpy?
– Mad Physicist
Nov 11 at 10:27




Are you open to using an additional dependency like numpy?
– Mad Physicist
Nov 11 at 10:27




1




1




This should actually work. What results do you get?
– MrLeeh
Nov 11 at 10:28




This should actually work. What results do you get?
– MrLeeh
Nov 11 at 10:28












The max list is filled but the min list just returns a list of spaces, which is incorrect
– I. Evans
Nov 11 at 10:29




The max list is filled but the min list just returns a list of spaces, which is incorrect
– I. Evans
Nov 11 at 10:29












Got it working! But thanks
– I. Evans
Nov 11 at 10:32




Got it working! But thanks
– I. Evans
Nov 11 at 10:32












Why is the expected output for "l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]", "maxl=[7,10,3] and indexl=[2,1,2]"? Shouldn't it be (7, 10, 3) and (2, 1, 1) instead?
– quant
Nov 11 at 10:33




Why is the expected output for "l=[[5,6,7][6,10,9,6][2,3,1]]", "maxl=[7,10,3] and indexl=[2,1,2]"? Shouldn't it be (7, 10, 3) and (2, 1, 1) instead?
– quant
Nov 11 at 10:33












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You can use the method index to get the index of a value of a list:
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html



maxl = 
indexl =
for inner_list in l:
max_value = max(inner_list)
maxl.append(max(max_value))
indexl.append(inner_list.index(max_value)





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    Other option:



    l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]

    maxs = [ max(s) for s in l ] #=> [7, 10, 3]
    max_idxs = [ s.index(max(s)) for s in l ] #=> [2, 1, 1]
    mins = [ min(s) for s in l ] #=> [5, 6, 1]
    mins_idxs = [ s.index(min(s)) for s in l ] #=> [0, 0, 2]





    Or you can store the results into an array of dict, one liner:

    mapp = map(lambda x: {'max': max(x), 'max_idxs': x.index(max(x)), 'min': min(x), 'min_idxs': x.index(min(x)) }, l)

    for k in mapp:
    print(k)

    #=> {'max': 7, 'max_idxs': 2, 'min': 5, 'min_idxs': 0}
    #=> {'max': 10, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 6, 'min_idxs': 0}
    #=> {'max': 3, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 1, 'min_idxs': 2}





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      You can use the following one-liner:



      l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]
      maxL, index = zip(*[(max(subList), subList.index(max(subList))) for subList in l])
      print(maxL) # will output (7, 10, 3)
      print(index) # will output (2, 1, 1)





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        You can use the method index to get the index of a value of a list:
        https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html



        maxl = 
        indexl =
        for inner_list in l:
        max_value = max(inner_list)
        maxl.append(max(max_value))
        indexl.append(inner_list.index(max_value)





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          You can use the method index to get the index of a value of a list:
          https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html



          maxl = 
          indexl =
          for inner_list in l:
          max_value = max(inner_list)
          maxl.append(max(max_value))
          indexl.append(inner_list.index(max_value)





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            You can use the method index to get the index of a value of a list:
            https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html



            maxl = 
            indexl =
            for inner_list in l:
            max_value = max(inner_list)
            maxl.append(max(max_value))
            indexl.append(inner_list.index(max_value)





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            You can use the method index to get the index of a value of a list:
            https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html



            maxl = 
            indexl =
            for inner_list in l:
            max_value = max(inner_list)
            maxl.append(max(max_value))
            indexl.append(inner_list.index(max_value)






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                Other option:



                l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]

                maxs = [ max(s) for s in l ] #=> [7, 10, 3]
                max_idxs = [ s.index(max(s)) for s in l ] #=> [2, 1, 1]
                mins = [ min(s) for s in l ] #=> [5, 6, 1]
                mins_idxs = [ s.index(min(s)) for s in l ] #=> [0, 0, 2]





                Or you can store the results into an array of dict, one liner:

                mapp = map(lambda x: {'max': max(x), 'max_idxs': x.index(max(x)), 'min': min(x), 'min_idxs': x.index(min(x)) }, l)

                for k in mapp:
                print(k)

                #=> {'max': 7, 'max_idxs': 2, 'min': 5, 'min_idxs': 0}
                #=> {'max': 10, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 6, 'min_idxs': 0}
                #=> {'max': 3, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 1, 'min_idxs': 2}





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                  Other option:



                  l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]

                  maxs = [ max(s) for s in l ] #=> [7, 10, 3]
                  max_idxs = [ s.index(max(s)) for s in l ] #=> [2, 1, 1]
                  mins = [ min(s) for s in l ] #=> [5, 6, 1]
                  mins_idxs = [ s.index(min(s)) for s in l ] #=> [0, 0, 2]





                  Or you can store the results into an array of dict, one liner:

                  mapp = map(lambda x: {'max': max(x), 'max_idxs': x.index(max(x)), 'min': min(x), 'min_idxs': x.index(min(x)) }, l)

                  for k in mapp:
                  print(k)

                  #=> {'max': 7, 'max_idxs': 2, 'min': 5, 'min_idxs': 0}
                  #=> {'max': 10, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 6, 'min_idxs': 0}
                  #=> {'max': 3, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 1, 'min_idxs': 2}





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                    l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]

                    maxs = [ max(s) for s in l ] #=> [7, 10, 3]
                    max_idxs = [ s.index(max(s)) for s in l ] #=> [2, 1, 1]
                    mins = [ min(s) for s in l ] #=> [5, 6, 1]
                    mins_idxs = [ s.index(min(s)) for s in l ] #=> [0, 0, 2]





                    Or you can store the results into an array of dict, one liner:

                    mapp = map(lambda x: {'max': max(x), 'max_idxs': x.index(max(x)), 'min': min(x), 'min_idxs': x.index(min(x)) }, l)

                    for k in mapp:
                    print(k)

                    #=> {'max': 7, 'max_idxs': 2, 'min': 5, 'min_idxs': 0}
                    #=> {'max': 10, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 6, 'min_idxs': 0}
                    #=> {'max': 3, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 1, 'min_idxs': 2}





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                    Other option:



                    l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]

                    maxs = [ max(s) for s in l ] #=> [7, 10, 3]
                    max_idxs = [ s.index(max(s)) for s in l ] #=> [2, 1, 1]
                    mins = [ min(s) for s in l ] #=> [5, 6, 1]
                    mins_idxs = [ s.index(min(s)) for s in l ] #=> [0, 0, 2]





                    Or you can store the results into an array of dict, one liner:

                    mapp = map(lambda x: {'max': max(x), 'max_idxs': x.index(max(x)), 'min': min(x), 'min_idxs': x.index(min(x)) }, l)

                    for k in mapp:
                    print(k)

                    #=> {'max': 7, 'max_idxs': 2, 'min': 5, 'min_idxs': 0}
                    #=> {'max': 10, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 6, 'min_idxs': 0}
                    #=> {'max': 3, 'max_idxs': 1, 'min': 1, 'min_idxs': 2}






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                        You can use the following one-liner:



                        l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]
                        maxL, index = zip(*[(max(subList), subList.index(max(subList))) for subList in l])
                        print(maxL) # will output (7, 10, 3)
                        print(index) # will output (2, 1, 1)





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                          You can use the following one-liner:



                          l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]
                          maxL, index = zip(*[(max(subList), subList.index(max(subList))) for subList in l])
                          print(maxL) # will output (7, 10, 3)
                          print(index) # will output (2, 1, 1)





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                            You can use the following one-liner:



                            l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]
                            maxL, index = zip(*[(max(subList), subList.index(max(subList))) for subList in l])
                            print(maxL) # will output (7, 10, 3)
                            print(index) # will output (2, 1, 1)





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                            You can use the following one-liner:



                            l=[[5,6,7],[6,10,9,6],[2,3,1]]
                            maxL, index = zip(*[(max(subList), subList.index(max(subList))) for subList in l])
                            print(maxL) # will output (7, 10, 3)
                            print(index) # will output (2, 1, 1)






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