In Java, if I have an array with 7 integers, how do I cycle through these and find the lowest integer value...

Question

in the array?

A coded example would be great.

Answer 1

ok try this

int minValue = yourArray[i]; //Assume first one is smallest
for(int i=1; i {
if(minValue > yourArray[i])
{ minValue = yourArray[i]; }
}

its the simplest method to do it

Answer 2

int lowest = array[0];

for(int i=1; i if(array[i] < lowest)
lowest = array[i];

Runs in O(n).

You should look into an algorithm called "Select" for the most efficient way to do this. This algorithm is capable of finding the i-th lowest element in a list very quickly.