Python program to find the largest and smallest number in a list

Here we use 2 predefined functions min() and max() which check for the smallest and largest number in a list respectively.

Approach :

Read input number asking for length of the list using input() or raw_input().
Initialise an empty list lst = [].
Read each number using a for loop.
In the for loop append each number to the list.
Now we use predefined function max() to find the largest element in a list.
Similarly we use another predefined function min() to find the smallest element in a list.


lst = []
num = int(input('How many numbers: '))
for n in range(num):
    numbers = int(input('Enter number '))
    lst.append(numbers)
print("Maximum element in the list is :", max(lst), "\nMinimum element in the list is :", min(lst))

list = [(1,3),(2,5),(2,4),(7,5)]

I need to get the min max value for each position in tuple.

Fox example: The exepected output of alist is
min_x = 1
max_x = 7

min_y = 3
max_y = 5
map(max, zip(*alist))

This first unzips your list, then finds the max for each tuple position
>>> alist = [(1,3),(2,5),(2,4),(7,5)]
>>> zip(*alist)
[(1, 2, 2, 7), (3, 5, 4, 5)]
>>> map(max, zip(*alist))
[7, 5]
>>> map(min, zip(*alist))
[1, 3]