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Smallest Element in List in Python

Find the smallest element in a list of numbers.

BeginnerList ProgramsExample 3 of 25
smallest-element-in-list.py
1# Program to find smallest element in a list
2

3numbers = list(map(float, input("Enter numbers separated by space: ").split()))
4

5if not numbers:
6    print("List is empty.")
7else:
8    print("Smallest element:", min(numbers))

Output

Enter numbers separated by space: 3 7 2 9
Smallest element: 2.0

What's going on

We use the built-in min() to obtain the smallest value, again checking for an empty list.

After this program

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