Python Finding Index of Maximum in List

Question

def main():
    a = [2,1,5,234,3,44,7,6,4,5,9,11,12,14,13]
    max = 0
    for number in a:
        if number > max:
            max = number
    print max

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

I am able to get the maximum value in the array (without using max() of course...). How can I get the index (position) of that value? Please try to keep it simple without using new Python key words or built-in functions. Thanks!

Answer 1

In my code I would use this:

>>> max(enumerate(a),key=lambda x: x[1])[0]
3

Answer 2

A simple one liner of:

max( (v, i) for i, v in enumerate(a) )[1]

This avoids having to .index() the list after.