programming-examples/c-sharp/Arrays/C# Sharp to find second smallest element in the array.cs
2019-11-15 12:59:38 +01:00

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C#

using System;
public class Exercise14
{
public static void Main()
{
int n,i,j=0,sml,sml2nd;
int[] arr1 = new int[50];
Console.Write("\n\nFind the second smallest element in an array :\n");
Console.Write("-----------------------------------------\n");
Console.Write("Input the size of array : ");
n = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
/* Stored values into the array*/
Console.Write("Input {0} elements in the array (value must be <9999):\n",n);
for(i=0; i<n; i++)
{
Console.Write("element - {0} : ",i);
arr1[i] = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
}
/* find location of the smallest element in the array */
sml=0;
for(i=0; i<n; i++)
{
if(sml>arr1[i])
{
sml=arr1[i];
j = i;
}
}
/* ignore the smallest element and find the 2nd smallest element in the array */
sml2nd=99999;
for(i=0; i<n; i++)
{
if(i==j)
{
i++; /* ignoring the smallest element */
i--;
}
else
{
if(sml2nd>arr1[i])
{
sml2nd=arr1[i];
}
}
}
Console.Write("The Second smallest element in the array is : {0} \n\n", sml2nd);
}
}