If all the numbers are placed
if ( i == len ( v ) or len ( even ) == 0 or len ( odd ) == 0 ) : NEW_LINE INDENT count = 0 NEW_LINE for j in range ( len ( v ) - 1 ) : NEW_LINE INDENT if ( v [ j ] % 2 != v [ j + 1 ] % 2 ) : NEW_LINE INDENT count += 1 NEW_LINE DEDENT DEDENT if ( count < mn ) : NEW_LINE INDENT mn = count NEW_LINE DEDENT return NEW_LINE DEDENT