Python Program To Find Smallest Element In An Array

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Now let's see example of how to get smallest element of array in python. I would like to share with you find the smallest element in that given array using python. We will show python get min element in array.

In this article, I will give simple and easy way to get min element of array using python.

Here i will give you three example for how to get min element of array in python. So let's see the below example:

Example 1

#Initialize array     
arr = [88, 15, 70, 30, 85]
           
print("Smallest element is: ", min(arr))

Output

Smallest element is: 15

Example 2

#Initialize array     
arr = [88, 15, 70, 30, 85]
     
#Initialize min with first element of array.    
min = arr[0]
     
#Loop through the array    
for i in range(0, len(arr)):    
    #Compare elements of array with min    
   if(arr[i] < min):    
       min = arr[i]
           
print("Smallest element is: " + str(min))

Output

Smallest element is: 15

Example 3

# Python3 program to find minimum
# in arr[] of size n

# python function to find minimum
# in arr[] of size n
def findSmallest(arr,n):

    # Initialize minimum element
    min = arr[0]

    # Traverse array elements from second
    # and compare every element with
    # current min
    for i in range(1, n):
        if arr[i] < min:
            min = arr[i]
    return min

# Array
arr = [20, 55, 900, 566, 8]
n = len(arr)
smallestElement = findSmallest(arr,n)
print ("Smallest element is",smallestElement)

Output

Smallest element is: 8

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