Finding the lowest and highest numbers in an array of ints?

Question:

How to find the lowest and highest numbers in an array of ints?

Answer:

Use a for loop.

Code:

import java.util.*;
 
public class LowestNumber {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
 
      int[] array = new int[15];
 
      // populate array
      Random r = new Random();
      for(int i=0;i<array.length;i++){
         array[i]= r.nextInt(1000);
      }
      System.out.println("Contents: " + Arrays.toString(array));
 
      // find smallest and largest numbers
      int small = array[0];
      int large = array[0];
      for(int i=0;i<array.length;i++){
         if(array[i] <= small){
            small = array[i];
         }
         if(array[i] >= large){
            large = array[i];
         }
      }
      System.out.println("Smallest number: " + small);
      System.out.println("Largest number: " + large);
   }
}

Output:

$ java LowestNumber
Contents: [489, 283, 334, 331, 665, 643, 280, 100, 184, 642, 730, 560, 930, 517, 24]
Smallest number: 24
Largest number: 930