At least two objects are needed to make comparisons with the min () function.
key : Optional. Key function, where items pass. The comparison is performed on the result returned after passing the key function.
Return value from min ()
The min () function returns different results corresponding to the two types as above:
1. min(iterable, *iterables[, key, default])
Case
Key
Default
Return value
Iterable empty Yes or No No Exception Exception ValueError Iterable blank Yes Yes Returns Default value An iterable (not empty) No or No Returns the smallest number in iterable One iterable (blank) Yes or No Transmission each element in iterable for the key function, the result returned is the smallest element based on the return value from the key function Multiple iterable (not empty) No Yes or No Returns iterable smallest Multiple iterable (not empty) Yes Yes or Don't pass each iterable to the key function. The result returned is the smallest iterable based on the value returned from the key function
2. min(item1, item2, *item[, key])
Case
Key
Return value
2 item No Return parameter smaller than 2 item Yes Pass each parameter for the key function, the result returned is smaller element based on the return value from the key function Many items No Returns the smallest parameter Many items Yes Pass each parameter to the key function, the result returned is the smallest element based on the value returned from the key function
Example 1: Find the smallest element in the number passed
Example 2: Find the number that has the smallest number of digits using the key function
def sumDigit(num): sum = 0 while(num): sum += num % 10 num = int(num / 10) return sum # su dung min(item1, item2, *item, key) print('Ket qua nho nhat la:', min(100, 321, 267, 59, 40, key=sumDigit)) # su dung min(iterable, key) num = [15, 300, 2700, 821, 52, 10, 6] print('Ket qua nho nhat la:', min(num, key=sumDigit))
The return output is:
Ket qua nho nhat la: 100 Ket qua nho nhat la: 10
In this example, the parameters or each element in the iterable parameter are passed in turn to sumDigit() to get the result that the number has the smallest sum of digits.
Example 3: Find the list with the smallest length using the key function
num = [15, 300, 2700, 821] num1 = [12, 2] num2 = [34, 567, 78] # su dung min(iterable, *iterables, key) print('List ngan nhat la:', min(num, num1, num2, key=len))
Results returned:
List ngan nhat la: [12, 2]
In the above program, iterable num, num1 and num2 passed into the key function are built-in len () functions in Python. The result is iterable, and the min () function will iterable with the smallest length.
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