For finding the minimum element in the ArrayList(This class is found in java.util package), complete traversal of the ArrayList is required. There is an inbuilt function in ArrayList class to find minimum element in the ArrayList, i.e. Time Complexity is O(N), where N is the size of ArrayList, Let’s discuss both the methods.
Example
Input : ArrayList = {2, 9, 1, 3, 4}
Output: Min = 1
Input : ArrayList = {6, 7, 2, 8}
Output: Min = 2
Approach 1:
- Create on variable and initialize it with the first element of ArrayList.
- Start traversing the ArrayList.
- If the current element is less than variable, then update the variable with the current element in ArrayList.
- In the end, print that variable.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
Java
// Finding Minimum Element of Java ArrayListimport java.util.ArrayList;import java.util.Collections; class MinElementInArrayList { public static void main(String[] args) { // ArrayList of Numbers ArrayList<Integer> myList = new ArrayList<Integer>(); // adding elements to Java ArrayList myList.add(16); myList.add(26); myList.add(3); myList.add(52); myList.add(70); myList.add(12); int minimum = myList.get(0); for (int i = 1; i < myList.size(); i++) { if (minimum > myList.get(i)) minimum = myList.get(i); } System.out.println("Minimum element in ArrayList = " + minimum); }} |
Output
Minimum element in ArrayList = 3
Approach 2:
‘min’ method of java collection class can be used to find ArrayList. ‘min’ method returns the minimum element of the collection according to the natural ordering of the elements.
Java
// Finding Minimum Element of Java ArrayListimport java.util.ArrayList;import java.util.Collections; class MinElementInArrayList { public static void main(String[] args) { // ArrayList of Numbers ArrayList<Integer> myList = new ArrayList<Integer>(); // adding elements to Java ArrayList myList.add(16); myList.add(26); myList.add(3); myList.add(52); myList.add(70); myList.add(12); // 'min' method is used to find the minimum element // from Collections Class System.out.println("Minimum Element in ArrayList = " + Collections.min(myList)); }} |
Output
Minimum Element in ArrayList = 3
