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)
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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