Python
# Program to find smallest element in a list
numbers = list(map(float, input("Enter numbers separated by space: ").split()))
if not numbers:
print("List is empty.")
else:
print("Smallest element:", min(numbers))Output
Enter numbers separated by space: 3 7 2 9 Smallest element: 2.0
We use the built-in min() to obtain the smallest value, again checking for an empty list.