Given an array of integers, remove the smallest value. Do not mutate the original array/list. If there are multiple elements with the same value, remove the one with a lower index. If you get an empty array/list, return an empty array/list. Don't change the order of the elements that are left.

remove_minimum.py

# def remove_smallest(numbers):
#     arr = numbers[:]
#     if len(arr) > 0:
#         arr.pop(arr.index(min(arr)))
#         return arr
#     else:
#         return []

def remove_smallest(numbers):
    a = numbers[:]
    if a:
        a.remove(min(a))
    return a