<s>[INST] Getting the index of the returned max or min item using max()/min() on a list I'm using Python's max and min functions on lists for a minimax algorithm, and I need the index of the value returned by max() or min(). In other words, I need to know which move produced the max (at a first player's turn) or min (second player) value.
for i in range(9):
    newBoard = currentBoard.newBoardWithMove([i / 3, i % 3], player)

    if newBoard:
        temp = minMax(newBoard, depth + 1, not isMinLevel)  
        values.append(temp)

if isMinLevel:
    return min(values)
else:
    return max(values)

I need to be able to return the actual index of the min or max value, not just the value.
 [/INST] You can find the min/max index and value at the same time if you enumerate the items in the list, but perform min/max on the original values of the list. Like so:
import operator
min_index, min_value = min(enumerate(values), key=operator.itemgetter(1))
max_index, max_value = max(enumerate(values), key=operator.itemgetter(1))

This way the list will only be traversed once for min (or max).
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