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James Norris
James Norris

Reputation: 33

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)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 355

Answers (2)

Segfolt
Segfolt

Reputation: 328

It seems your return statement is within the for loop so it gets executed at the end of the first pass.
Removing the return from the for loop will solve your problem.

Upvotes: 2

user15002651
user15002651

Reputation:

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

Upvotes: 4

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