[issue38012] Python Fuction min is case sentive ?
New submission from Pavan Kumar Uppalanchu :
I have printed min('Infinity') and min('infinity') .
Both are printing different characters.
In first case , It's printing 'I' and in second case, it's printing
'F'
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title: Python Fuction min is case sentive ?
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.7
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[issue38012] Python Fuction min is case sentive ?
Pavan Kumar Uppalanchu added the comment:
when I try to print min('Infinity') and min (InFinity). In first case, it's
printing 'I' and in second case it's printing 'F'. Is this issue or working as
Is ?
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[issue38012] Python Fuction min is case sentive ?
Pavan Kumar Uppalanchu added the comment:
Hello Tim,
Thanks for your quick response.
Also, THE min("Infinity") is priniting "I". Practically, the minimum
value is "e" right ?
Regards,
Pavan Uppalanchu
On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 11:31 PM Tim Peters wrote:
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> Tim Peters added the comment:
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> This has nothing in particular do with `min()`. As strings, 'I' < 'i', and
> 'F' < 'I'. For example,
>
> >>> 'I' < 'i'
> True
>
> >>> sorted("InFinity")
> ['F', 'I', 'i', 'i', 'n', 'n', 't', 'y']
>
> That's all working as intended and as documented, so I'm closing this report.
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> resolution: -> not a bug
> stage: -> resolved
> status: open -> closed
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[issue38012] Python Fuction min is case sentive ?
Pavan Kumar Uppalanchu added the comment:
Hello Karthikeyan,
Thank you very much for your valuable explanation.
Regards,
Pavan Uppalanchu
On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 11:28 PM Karthikeyan Singaravelan
wrote:
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> Karthikeyan Singaravelan added the comment:
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> Here min uses the ASCII value of the letters for comparison. So for
> 'Infinity' 'I' (73) has the lowest value and for 'inFinity' 'F' (70) has the
> lowest value as seen below.
>
> >>> list(map(lambda c: (c, ord(c)), 'Infinity'))
> [('I', 73), ('n', 110), ('f', 102), ('i', 105), ('n', 110), ('i', 105), ('t',
> 116), ('y', 121)]
> >>> list(map(lambda c: (c, ord(c)), 'inFinity'))
> [('i', 105), ('n', 110), ('F', 70), ('i', 105), ('n', 110), ('i', 105), ('t',
> 116), ('y', 121)]
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