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# Python Number min() Function

## Description:

This function returns the smallest of its arguments: the value closest to negative infinity

## Syntax:

    min( x, y, z, .... )

## Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

- x: This is a numeric expression.

- y: This is also a numeric expression.

- z: This is also a numeric expression.

## Return Value:

The smallest of its arguments

## Example:

    #!/usr/bin/python

    print "min(80, 100, 1000) : ", min(80, 100, 1000)
    print "min(-20, 100, 400) : ", min(-20, 100, 400)
    print "min(-80, -20, -10) : ", min(-80, -20, -10)
    print "min(0, 100, -400) : ", min(0, 100, -400)

This will produce following result:

    min(80, 100, 1000) :  80
    min(-20, 100, 400) :  -20
    min(-80, -20, -10) :  -80
    min(0, 100, -400) :  -400

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