Python, min() function not working.

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Permalink Reply by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari on February 20, 2013 at 8:48am

You should pass a list to min.

Try this:

print min([3,4,3,6,67,78,7])

Permalink Reply by Steve Baer on February 20, 2013 at 8:49am

http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#min

min and max expect iterables (lists, tuples, arrays,...)  Place brackets or extra parentheses around your numbers to turn them into lists or tuples.

print min ( [3,4,5,6,67,78,7] )

Permalink Reply by Miguel Rus on February 20, 2013 at 9:02am

Thanks Steve and Mostapha.

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Permalink Reply by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari on February 20, 2013 at 9:03am

I should have said iterables. Thanks Steve.