Smallest Number Function

Trying to make a simple function that determines the smallest number in a list of numbers. For some reason, it looks like my for loop is only executing once for some reason with this function. What am I missing?

def smallestnum(list):
    smallest = None
    for value in list:
        if smallest is None:
            smallest = value
        elif value < smallest : 
            smallest = value 
        return smallest 

mylist = [41, 12, 3, 74, 15]
x = smallestnum(mylist)
print(x)

Answer

Your return statement is in your for loop. Remove the last indent of your return, and it should work fine.

def smallestnum(list):
    smallest = None
    for value in list:
        if smallest is None:
            smallest = value
        elif value < smallest : 
            smallest = value 
    return smallest