Get max value from a list with lists?

Question

So I have a list that contains several list which all have three strings first, then one float number, like:

resultlist = [[\"1\", \"1\", \"a\", 8.3931], [\         


        

Answer 1

Numpy helps with numerical nested lists. Try this:

resultlist = [[3, 2, 4, 4], [1, 6, 7, -6], [5, 4, 3, 2]]
max(resultlist)  # yields [5, 4, 3, 2] because 5 is the max in: 3, 1, 5
np.max(resultlist)  # yields 7 because it's the absolute max

max() returns the list which first element is the maximum of all lists' first element, while np.max() returns the highest value from all the nested lists.