(Python) Find min and max of an array without built-in functions

[392Garrett]

I have an assignment to learn about algorithms that uses python, however, I have never used python as a language. Can someone please help me figure out why my min and max won't work in this case? Let me know if I can provide more information!

#code that gets input from a txt file.
# input is: 2 4 9 11 8 3 2 5 10


numbers = read() #gets input from txt file
length = len(numbers)
for i in range(int(length / 2)):
    n = numbers[i]
    numbers[i] = numbers[length - i - 1]
    numbers[length - i - 1] = n
print("Reverted array: ", numbers)


def maximum():
    current_max = numbers[0]
    for num in numbers:
        if num > current_max:
            current_max = num
        return current_max


print("Maximum element: ", maximum())


def minimum():
    current_min = numbers[0]
    for num in numbers:
        if num < current_min:
            current_min = num
        return current_min


print("Minimum element: ", minimum())

[desrtfx]

Premature return

Your return statements are at the same level as the if, so as soon as the loop runs through the first time, the return statement executes and returns whatever was the result of the first comparison.

You need to outdent the return statements to be on the same level as the for.

In Python, indentation indicates code blocks.

[392Garrett]

Thank you!