Infinite value for algorithm

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Hi
Is there an equivalent of float(‘inf’) in Python to use in min operations to find the smallest value in a loop?

Thanks

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I’m not sure if it is a Python 2.X thing but, you can use float('Infinity').

But I would use just a big number like 1e100

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The answer is to set the minimum value to the first element in the array/list then check it against all the other elements, updating the minimum value if we find a smaller value. Can use similar approach for maximum values.
This algorithm has the advantage in that it makes no assumptions about the values in the array/list so will work in all cases provided all the elements are the same type and are comparable.

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