# searching medium

Closest to Zero

The submarine wants the depth reading closest to the surface β€” zero is sea level, negatives are underwater. 🌊

You get a list of nums (at least one). Print the number closest to zero. On a tie (like -3 and 3), the first one seen wins.

Example:

Input: nums = [-7, 4, -2, 9] Output: -2

The distances from zero are 7, 4, 2, 9 β€” the smallest is 2, belonging to -2.

πŸ’‘ need a hint?

srch-closest-to-zero.pyπŸ”’ given lines are locked β€” write your code in between
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