C Exercises: Lowest value and position within an array

C Basic Declarations and Expressions: Exercise-130 with Solution

Write a C program to create an array of length n and fill the array elements with integer values. Now find the smallest value and it’s position within the array.

Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{

  int array_size, i, x, z;
  int min_val, position;
  printf("Input the array size:\n");
  scanf("%d", &array_size);
  int vetor[array_size];
  printf("\nInput array elements:\n");
  for (i = 0; i < array_size; i++)
  {

    scanf("%d", &z);
    vetor[i] = z;

  }
  min_val = vetor[0];
  position = 0;
  for (i = 1; i < array_size; i++)
  {
   
    if (vetor[i] < min_val)
    {
      min_val = vetor[i];
      position = i;
    }
  }
  printf("\nSmallest Value: %d\n", min_val);
  printf("Position within array: %d\n", position);
}

Sample Output:

Input the array size:
5

Input array elements:
35
17
-5
45
36

Smallest Value: -5
Position within array: 2

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