variable_min.py

'''
An example of using a variable-length argument list as an argument to a function. 
This will return the minimum of all arguments. 
Example: variable_min(-1, 2, 4, 6) => -1
'''
def variable_min(*args):
    minimum = min(args[0], args[1])
    for i in range(2, len(args)):
        minimum = min(minimum, args[i])

    return minimum