Finding MINIMUM number in a random list is not working

[Mona]

Hello,
I am trying to display the minimum number in a randomly created list but I am getting noting printed for the min function. I have my codes and display below. Any help is highly appreciated.

Here are the codes:

import random

random_numbers = []
average = 0
total = 0

for i in range(3):
    x = int((random.randint(0, 9)))
    random_numbers.append(x)
    total = sum(random_numbers)
    average = float(total / 3)
    
random_numbers = ', '.join(map(str, random_numbers))
print(random_numbers)

print("Low:", min(random_numbers))
print("High:", max(random_numbers))

print("average:", format(average,'.2f'))
print("Total:", total)

Here is the display:

Output:
>>> 
9, 3, 2
Low:  
High: 9
average: 4.67
Total: 14
>>>

[Mona]

FYI,
I am not getting any traceback.

[ichabod801]

On line 13 you convert random_numbers to a string. Min then finds the lowest character (the character with the lowest ord()). That happens to be a space, so it looks like nothing prints.

Use a different variable name for the assignment on line 13 and the print on line 14.

[Mona]

Thank you very much for your help. It is working as below now.

import random

random_numbers = []
average = 0
total = 0

for i in range(3):
    x = int((random.randint(0, 9)))
    random_numbers.append(x)
    total = sum(random_numbers)
    average = float(total / 3)
    
random_numbers_comma = ', '.join(map(str, random_numbers))
print(random_numbers_comma)

print("Low:", min(random_numbers))
print("High:", max(random_numbers))

print("average:", format(average,'.2f'))
print("Total:", total)

Output:
9, 5, 5
Low: 5
High: 9
average: 6.33
Total: 19

A few seconds before your reply I figured a work around as well. Below is the work around.

import random

random_numbers = []
average = 0
total = 0

for i in range(3):
    x = int((random.randint(0, 9)))
    random_numbers.append(x)
    total = sum(random_numbers)
    average = float(total / 3)
    list.sort(random_numbers)
    
random_numbers = ', '.join(map(str, random_numbers))
print(random_numbers)

print("Low:", random_numbers[:1])
print("High:", max(random_numbers))

print("average:", format(average,'.2f'))
print("Total:", total)

Output:
2, 3, 7
Low: 2
High: 7
average: 4.00
Total: 12

[ichabod801]

Okay, but your work around finds the first digit of the lowest number. While that works because they are all single digit numbers, it won't work with larger numbers.

[ThomasL]

I refactored your initial code a bit:

import random

# these three lines are obsolete as variables doesn´t need to be "initialized"

# random_numbers = []
# average = 0
# total = 0

# this for loop can be simplified

# for i in range(3):
#     x = int((random.randint(0, 9)))
#     random_numbers.append(x)
#     total = sum(random_numbers)    # why are you calculating the total value each loop ???
#     average = float(total / 3)    # why are you calculating the average each loop ???

amount = 11

random_numbers = [random.randint(0, 9) for x in range(amount)]

print(f"Numbers: {random_numbers}")
print(f"Low: {min(random_numbers)}")
print(f"High: {max(random_numbers)}")
total = sum(random_numbers)
print(f"Total: {total}")
print(f"Average: {total/amount:.2f}")