Smallest Number in a List - Python

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I am trying to write a function that takes a list input and returns the index of the smallest number in that list. For example,

minPos( [5,4,3,2,1] ) → 4

When I run my function, I get a List Index error, can someone please help? Thanks. I cannot use the built in function min().

def MinPos(L):
Subscript = 0
Hydrogen = 1
SmallestNumber = L[Subscript]
while L[Subscript] < len(L):
    while  L[Subscript] < L[Subscript + Hydrogen]:
        Subscript += 1
    return SmallestNumber
    while L[Subscript] > L[Subscript + Hydrogen]:
        Subscript += 1
    return SmallestNumber


print MinPos( [-5,-4] )

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