#! /usr/bin/python3 def luckynumbers(a): maxs = set() for x in range(len(a[0])): max = (0, 0, 0) for y in range(len(a)): if a[y][x] > max[0]: max = (a[y][x], y, x) maxs.add(max) mins = set() for y in range(len(a)): min = (a[y][0], y, 0) for x in range(len(a[0])): if a[y][x] < min[0]: min = (a[y][x], y, x) mins.add(min) i = list(maxs.intersection(mins)) if len(i) > 0: return i[0][0] return -1 import unittest class TestLuckynumbers(unittest.TestCase): def test_ex1(self): self.assertEqual(luckynumbers([[3, 7, 9], [9, 11, 13], [15, 16, 17]]), 15, 'example 1') def test_ex2(self): self.assertEqual(luckynumbers([[1, 10, 4, 2], [9, 3, 8, 7], [15, 16, 17, 12]]), 12, 'example 2') def test_ex3(self): self.assertEqual(luckynumbers([[7, 8], [1, 2]]), 7, 'example 3') unittest.main()