Help Needed : script weird result.

[duncan smith]

On 01/09/18 18:11, mohan4h at 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