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Index of Minimum Element

Find index of minimum element.

BeginnerPhase 4 - Level 1: Basic ArraysExample 8 of 10
index-of-minimum-element.py
1# Take array
2n = int(input("Enter array size: "))
3arr = []
4for i in range(n):
5    arr.append(int(input(f"Element {i+1}: ")))
6

7# Find index of min
8min_index = 0
9min_value = arr[0]
10

11for i in range(1, len(arr)):
12    if arr[i] < min_value:
13        min_value = arr[i]
14        min_index = i
15

16print(f"Index of minimum: {min_index}")

Output

Enter array size: 5
Element 1: 10
Element 2: 5
Element 3: 20
Element 4: 3
Element 5: 15
Index of minimum: 3

What's going on

Track both value and index.

Key Concepts:

Initialize with first element
Track index when updating min
Print index of minimum

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