Python: Find the min, max value in a list of tuples
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]This will also work for tuples of any length in a list.