Java || Snippet – How To Find The Highest & Lowest Numbers Contained In An Integer Array
This page will consist of a simple demonstration for finding the highest and lowest numbers contained in an integer array.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE FOR THIS SNIPPET
Finding the highest/lowest values in an array can be found in one or two ways. The first way would be via a sort, which would obviously render the highest/lowest numbers contained in the array because the values would be sorted in order from highest to lowest. But a sort may not always be practical, especially when you want to keep the array values in the same order that they originally came in.
The second method of finding the highest/lowest values is by traversing through the array, literally checking each value it contains one by one to determine if the current number which is being compared truly is a target value or not. That method will be displayed below.
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import java.util.Random; public class HighestLowestArray { // global variable declaration final static int ARRAY_SIZE = 14; // const int allocating space for the array static Random rand = new Random(); // this is the call to the "Random" class public static void main(String[] args) { // declare & initialize variables int[] arry = new int[ARRAY_SIZE]; int highestScore = -999999; int lowestScore = 999999; System.out.println("Welcome to My Programming Notes' Java Program.n"); // place random numbers into the array for(int x = 0; x < ARRAY_SIZE; ++x) { arry[x] = rand.nextInt(100)+1; } System.out.println("Original array values:"); // Output the original array values for(int x = 0; x < ARRAY_SIZE; ++x) { System.out.print(arry[x]+" "); } System.out.println(""); // creates a line seperator setwLF("",60,'-'); // use a for loop to go thru the array checking to see the highest/lowest element System.out.print("nThese are the highest and lowest array values: "); for(int index=0; index < ARRAY_SIZE; ++index) { // if current score in the array is bigger than the current 'highestScore' // element, then set 'highestScore' equal to the current array element if(arry[index] > highestScore) { highestScore = arry[index]; } // if current 'lowestScore' element is bigger than the current array element, // then set 'lowestScore' equal to the current array element if(arry[index] < lowestScore) { lowestScore = arry[index]; } }// end for loop // display the results to the user System.out.print("nHighest: "+highestScore); System.out.print("nLowest: "+lowestScore); System.out.println(""); }// end of main static public void setwLF(String str, int width, char fill) { for (int x = str.length(); x < width; ++x) { System.out.print(fill); } System.out.print(str); }// end of setwLF }// http://programmingnotes.org/ |
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The highlighted lines are sections of interest to look out for.
The code is heavily commented, so no further insight is necessary. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.
Once compiled, you should get this as your output
Welcome to My Programming Notes' Java Program.Original array values:
36 35 46 86 86 58 44 38 79 52 27 78 65 79
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These are the highest and lowest array values:
Highest: 86
Lowest: 27
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