from .abs import abs_val def absMin(x): """ >>> absMin([0,5,1,11]) 0 >>> absMin([3,-10,-2]) -2 """ j = x[0] for i in x: if abs_val(i) < abs_val(j): j = i return j def main(): a = [-3,-1,2,-11] print(absMin(a)) # = -1 if __name__ == '__main__': main()