freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/07-scientific-computing-with-python/python-for-everybody/iterations-loop-idioms.md

---
id: 5e7b9f070b6c005b0e76f05e
title: 'Iterations: Loop Idioms'
challengeType: 11
videoId: AelGAcoMXbI
dashedName: iterations-loop-idioms
---

# --question--

## --text--

Below is code to find the smallest value from a list of values. One line has an error that will cause the code to not work as expected. Which line is it?:

```python
smallest = None
print("Before:", smallest)
for itervar in [3, 41, 12, 9, 74, 15]:
    if smallest is None or itervar < smallest:
        smallest = itervar
        break
    print("Loop:", itervar, smallest)
print("Smallest:", smallest)
```

## --answers--

3

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7

## --video-solution--

3