Python related problem

Question

Why is Apeksha shown as minimum when anvita should be minimum. Is it because anvita's "a" is small and do min and max is found out like a dictionary?
thanx in advance.

https://code.sololearn.com/cHvbxql3wP1a/?ref=app

Answer 1

a has acsii value of 90 and A has a ASCII value of 65 ,strings are compared characters by characters ,so A of Apeksha is smaller than a is smaller than a of anvita's ,also if the first character had similar value like A in Apkesha and Anvita's than p and n ASCII value would have been compared

Answer 2

total_friend.sort()
print(total_friend[0])

or

print(sorted(total_friend)[0])