<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Change the syntax of the code so that it prints the smallest and largest numbers from a given array.
list1 = [2, 5, 3, 1]  
print(list1)<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
list1 = [2, 5, 3, 1]  
print(min(list1), max(list1))<|im_end|>
