Java program for finding the second smallest element in an array

November 3, 2021

Finding second smallest element in array

An array is a group of similar type of data that are addressed by an common name (Arr[]). Array of any type can be created and may have one or more dimensions, i.e. 1-D Array, 2-D Array etc. Here we will learn how to code a java program for finding second smallest element in an array. Lets take an example for better understanding.

Algorithms:

Step 1 – Initialize a class
Step 2- enter variable
Step 3-initialize a for loop, that with iterate through all the elements
Step 4- initialize a if condition for checking the second smallest element.
step 5- store the second smallest element name temp
step 6- return that variable to the main method
step 7- print the returned value
step 8- End

Java code:-

 class prepinsta {  
public static int prep(int[] a, int total){  
int temp;  
for (int i = 0; i < total; i++)   
        {  
            for (int j = i + 1; j < total; j++)   
            {  
                if (a[i] > a[j])   
                {  
                    temp = a[i];  
                    a[i] = a[j];  
                    a[j] = temp;  
                }  
            }  
        }  
       return a[1] ;//2nd element because index starts from 0  
      }  
public static void main(String args[]){  
int a[]={7,8,9,5,2};  
System.out.println("Second smallest:  "+prep(a,5));  
}}

Output-

Second smallest: 5