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

Cast the variable to a float before doing the comparison:

if float(i) < float(x):

The problem is that you are comparing strings to floats, which will not work.