Python Programming

Now, let us try to apply your new tools to solve more programming problems!

Let us start with something simple to warm up.

Write a function compute_min() that takes a list of integers as input, and returns the smallest of these integers. Do not use the min() function for this exercise - try implementing your own as a practice!

Test your function to make sure it behaves correctly for all possible cases you can think of!

Then write a program that reads in integers from the user. The program will stop reading when the user enters q, and returns the smallest number entered by the user.

Sample run #1

Please enter an integer: 1
Please enter an integer: 24
Please enter an integer: 7
Please enter an integer: 3
Please enter an integer: q
1

Sample run #2

Please enter an integer: 42
Please enter an integer: 0
Please enter an integer: 13
Please enter an integer: -1
Please enter an integer: 68
Please enter an integer: -42
Please enter an integer: q
-42

Sample run #3

Please enter an integer: 31
Please enter an integer: q
31