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I want to check for the smallest value entered by the user - Shilpa - Aug-12-2019
Below is my code. Instead of getting the smallest value entered by user, i get the last inputted value. I am a beginner so taking baby steps to lean python. Any leads is appreciated. Thanks
largest=None
smallest=None
while True:
num=input("enter a number")
if num == 'done':
break
try:
val=int(num)
except:
Print("error")
continue
if smallest is None:
smallest=val
elif:
val<smallest
smallest=val
Print("smallest", val)
RE: I want to check for the smallest value entered by the user - epokw - Aug-12-2019
You are printing out "val" when you meant to print out "smallest", that is why it is returning the most recent number.
RE: I want to check for the smallest value entered by the user - ThomasL - Aug-13-2019
As provided your code won´t run as there are a lot of bugs.
Indentation is sometimes wrong and print() is written with lower p and not capital P
elif: won´t work either