Iterations: Loop Idioms

Python
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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)

In the course where does the error come and why?

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This was the question in the Python for everybody(Scientific computing with python):

Q)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?:

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)

My doubt is which line would cause and error and what would it cause the code to not work?

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try it, paste your code here: http://pythontutor.com/visualize.html#mode=display
use the “visualize execution” button, and see what happens

the code will always say that the first item is the smallest, you can try with different lists