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Find Maximum and Minimum in Array

Find both min and max

Finding the minimum and maximum elements in an array requires traversing all elements and keeping track of the smallest and largest values found.

C Program to Find Min and Max in Array

array_min_max.c

1#include <stdio.h>
2
3int main() {
4    int arr[] = {45, 12, 67, 23, 89, 34, 56};
5    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
6    
7    // Initialize min and max with first element
8    int min = arr[0];
9    int max = arr[0];
10    
11    // Find min and max
12    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
13        if (arr[i] < min) {
14            min = arr[i];
15        }
16        if (arr[i] > max) {
17            max = arr[i];
18        }
19    }
20    
21    printf("Array: ");
22    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
23        printf("%d ", arr[i]);
24    }
25    printf("\nMinimum element: %d\n", min);
26    printf("Maximum element: %d\n", max);
27    
28    return 0;
29}