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Code is returning the incorrect values. syntax error
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Just trying to figure out why my code here is returning the incorrect minimum and maximum values. tried flipping the ">" and "<" around and it still doesn't work. I'm not meant to use the min() and max() functions here. My thought was maybe I should hold all of the input values in another variable and then check that one for the min and max values?

largest = None
smallest = None
while True:
    num = input("Enter a number: ")
    if num == "done":
        break
    try:
        int(num)
    except:
        print('Invalid input')
        continue
    if largest is None :
        largest = num
    elif num < largest :
        largest = num
    if smallest is None :
        smallest = num
    elif num > smallest :
        smallest = num
    # print(num)

print("Maximum is", largest, "Minimum is", smallest)
Output:
Enter a number: 9 Enter a number: 41 Enter a number: 12 Enter a number: 3 Enter a number: 74 Enter a number: 15 Enter a number: done Maximum is 12 Minimum is 9
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Code is returning the incorrect values. syntax error - by 007sonic - Jun-18-2023, 04:25 PM

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