Weird behavior in search in a list

[Amit Khemka]

On 3/29/07, Michael Bentley <michael at jedimindworks.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 29, 2007, at 6:51 AM, Su Y wrote:
> >
> > I want find the first number in extend[] which is larger than num, so

<snip>
> def find(num):
>         # check to make sure there *is* a value greater than num
>         if max(extend) > num:
>                 # then return the smallest value that is greater than num
>                 return min([x for x in extend if x > num])
>         else:
>                 return None

I think OP wants the first value in the list greater than 'num' not
the smallest greater value in the list.

cheers,
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