C Exercises: Find the smallest element and its position in an array

C Basic Declarations and Expressions: Exercise-52 with Solution

Write a C program to read an array of length 6 and find the smallest element and its position.

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Sample Solution:

C Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
	int e, i, sval, position;

	printf("\nInput the length of the array: ");
	scanf("%d", &e);

	int v[e];
    printf("\nInput the array elements:\n ");
	for(i = 0; i < e; i++) {
			scanf("%d", &v[i]);
	}
	sval = v[0];
	position = 0;
	for(i = 0; i < e; i++) {
		if(sval > v[i]) {
			sval = v[i];
			position = i;
		}
	}
	
	printf("Smallest Value: %d\n", sval);
	printf("Position of the element: %d\n", position);
	return 0;
}

Sample Output:

Input the length of the array: 5                                       
                                                                       
Input the array elements:                                              
 25                                                                    
35                                                                     
20                                                                     
14                                                                     
45                                                                     
Smallest Value: 14                                                     
Position of the element: 3

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