On 01/09/18 18:11, moha...@gmail.com wrote:
> All,
>
> I m trying to run this small script to find the lowest of the given array of
> numbers. The script works fine for various combination of inputs but fails in
> a weird way for a particular set of inputs, can anyone point the mistake in
> the script and the behavior.
>
> Script
>
> x = input ("Enter the numbers separated by space and press ENTER :")
> x = x.split(" ")
>
> def checkmin(arr):
> lowest = arr[0]
> for count in range(0,len(arr),1):
> if arr[count] < lowest :
> lowest = arr[count]
> else :
> pass
> print (lowest)
> return lowest
>
> minimum = checkmin(x)
> print ("Lowest : {0}".format (minimum))
>
>
> Weird output is as below.
>
> ================== RESTART: C:\Users\mohan\Desktop\temp.py ==================
> Enter the numbers separated by space and press ENTER :5 90 63 82 59 24
> 5
> 5
> 5
> 5
> 5
> 24
> Lowest : 24
>
> Regards
> Mohan C
>
Compare,
>>> min(5, 90, 63, 82, 59, 24)
5
>>> min('5', '90', '63', '82', '59', '24')
'24'
>>>
Duncan
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