#🔒 Is there something like the built-in `max` that returns the computed key as well as the actual val

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sweet parrot
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It's easy enough to write my own:

def max_with_key(seq, key=None):
    # annoying that the built-in "max" won't do this for us
    if not seq:
        raise ValueError("max_with_key() arg is an empty sequence")

    if key is None:
        key = lambda x: x

    so_far = None
    for elt in seq:
        v = key(elt)
        if so_far is None or v > so_far[1]:
            so_far = (elt, v)

    return so_far

... but I feel like a chump having to do so.

wet basaltBOT
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