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def min1 (lst):
  minSoFar = lst[0]
  for x in lst:
    if x < minSoFar:
      minSoFar = x
  return minSoFar

def min2 (lst):
  for x in lst:
    numSmaller = sum(y < x for y in lst)
    if numSmaller == 0:
       return x

import time
import random
for f in [min1, min2]:
  print ("testing " + f.__name__)
  assert 1 == (f ([1, 12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
  assert 2 == (f ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
  assert 3 == (f ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 4]))
  assert 3 == (f ([12, 3, 24, 25]))
  base = 2000
  for multiplier in [1, 2, 4, 8]:
    length = base * multiplier
    lst = [random.random() for i in range(length)] # min random 
    #lst = [-i for i in range(length)] # min at end
    #lst = range(length) # min at beginning
    start = time.time()
    result = f (lst)
    end = time.time()
    print ("Duration of " + f.__name__ + "(" + str(len(lst)) + "): " + str(end - start))

def minPos1 (lst):
  minPosSoFar = 0
  for i in range(len(lst)):
    if lst[i] < lst[minPosSoFar]:
      minPosSoFar = i
  return minPosSoFar

assert 0 == (minPos1 ([1, 12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
assert 5 == (minPos1 ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
assert 2 == (minPos1 ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25]))
assert 1 == (minPos1 ([12, 3, 24, 25]))

def minPos2 (lst):
  minSoFar = lst[0]
  minPosSoFar = 0
  for i in range(len(lst)):
    if lst[i] < minSoFar:
      minPosSoFar = i
      minSoFar = lst[i]
  return minPosSoFar

assert 0 == (minPos2 ([1, 12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
assert 5 == (minPos2 ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
assert 2 == (minPos2 ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25]))
assert 1 == (minPos2 ([12, 3, 24, 25]))

def minPos3 (lst):
  minPosSoFar = 0
  n = len(lst)
  i = 1
  while i < n:
    if lst[i] < lst[minPosSoFar]:
      minPosSoFar = i
    i += 1
  return minPosSoFar

assert 0 == (minPos3 ([1, 12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
assert 5 == (minPos3 ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
assert 2 == (minPos3 ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25]))
assert 1 == (minPos3 ([12, 3, 24, 25]))

def minPosR (lst):
  return minPosHelper (lst, 1, 0)

def minPosHelper (lst, i, minPosSoFar):
  if i >= len(lst):
    return minPosSoFar
  if lst[i] < lst[minPosSoFar]:
    return minPosHelper (lst, i + 1, i)
  else:
    return minPosHelper (lst, i + 1, minPosSoFar)

assert 0 == (minPosR ([1, 12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
assert 5 == (minPosR ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25, 2]))
assert 2 == (minPosR ([12, 23, 3, 24, 25]))
assert 1 == (minPosR ([12, 3, 24, 25]))

print ("Finished tests")