public class hi { /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { int[] TestArray = {30, 8, 31, 400, 1, 630, 70, 4, 7, 20}; hi h = new hi(); int smallest = h.minArray(TestArray, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 0); System.out.println(smallest); } public int minArray(int[] array, int currSmallest, int stopIndex) //left to right { int localCurrSmallest = Integer.MAX_VALUE; if (stopIndex == array.length-1) //if at end of array, done { return array[stopIndex]; } else { if (array[stopIndex] < minArray(array, currSmallest, stopIndex+1)) { localCurrSmallest = array[stopIndex]; } else { localCurrSmallest = minArray(array, currSmallest, stopIndex+1); } } return localCurrSmallest; }}