Question

How to find the index and the smallest (min) element in one dimensional int array with Linq in C#

Answer 1

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            int[] arr = { 2, 234, 48, 17, 98, -3, 800, 12237, 100, 28 };

            var min = arr.Select((value, index) => new { value, index })
                  .OrderByDescending(vi => vi.value).Last();

            Console.WriteLine("Smallest : " + min.value);
            Console.WriteLine("Smallest : " + min.index);
        }

    }
}

/*
run:
 
Smallest : -3
Smallest : 5
  
*/

 

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