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Recursive method to find minimum value in an array

3 replies on 1 page. Most recent reply: Nov 12, 2002 9:00 AM by Dante T. Salvador

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Marie Harris

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Registered: Nov, 2002

Recursive method to find minimum value in an array

Posted: Nov 11, 2002 3:03 PM

How do I find the minimum value in an array by writing a recursive method recursiveMinimum that takes an integer array and the array size as arguments and returns the smallest element of the array. The method should stop processing and return when it receives an array of one element.

Thank you very much.

Matt Gerrans

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Nickname: matt
Registered: Feb, 2002

Re: Recursive method to find minimum value in an array

Posted: Nov 11, 2002 3:43 PM

For one thing, you don't need to pass the size. This isn't C, you know (well, maybe you didn't, but you do now).

def whoNeedsRecursionJustToFindAMinimum( a ):
   a.sort()
   return a[0]

Or would you like that in C#? Or maybe Ruby?

Marie Harris

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Nickname: match
Registered: Nov, 2002

Re: Recursive method to find minimum value in an array

Posted: Nov 11, 2002 5:35 PM

Thanks for your help, however, your response will not assist me in solving this problem. I need to use a recursive method to find the minimum balance in an array.

Dante T. Salvador

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Nickname: anteng
Registered: Nov, 2002

Re: Recursive method to find minimum value in an array

Posted: Nov 12, 2002 9:00 AM

i can't understand your problem, can you explain further and try to code something first

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