Python: finding lowest integer

Question

I have the following code:

l = [\'-1.2\', \'0.0\', \'1\']

x = 100.0
for i in l:
    if i < x:
        x = i
print x

The code should fin

Answer 1

To find the minimum value of a list, you might just as well use min:

x = min(float(s) for s in l) # min of a generator

Or, if you want the result as a string, rather than a float, use a key function:

x = min(l, key=float)