Question

How to find the sublist with maximum value in nested list with Python

Answer 1

lst = [[1, 9], [4, 5], [1, 97], [0, 17]] 
 
result = max(lst, key = lambda n: n[1]) 

print(result) 
  
  
  
'''
run:
  
[1, 97]
  
'''

 

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Answer 2

lst = [["aaa", 9], ["bbb", 5], ["ccc", 97], ["ddd", 17]] 
 
result = max(lst, key = lambda n: n[1]) 

print(result) 
  
  
  
'''
run:
  
['ccc', 97]
  
'''

 

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Answer 3

import operator  

lst = [["aaa", 9, 4], ["bbb", 5, 6], ["ccc", 3, 100], ["ddd", 17, 19]] 
 
result = max(lst, key = operator.itemgetter(1)) 

print(result) 
  
  
  
'''
run:
  
['ddd', 17, 19]
  
'''

 

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