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Locating the Smallest Entry in an Array

Locating the Smallest Entry in an Array

In this lesson, we will search an array for its smallest value and then learn the index at which this value occurs.

When the entries in an array can be compared with each other, we can find the smallest (or largest) among them. We either can report the value of that entry or give only its location in the array, that is, its index.

Finding the smallest entry in an array

For example, let’s consider an array data of numberCount positive integers. We know that we can compare one integer with another one. Let’s assume that ...