Find Second Smallest

Medium Arrays

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Problem Statement

Write a C program to find the second smallest element in an array.

Input Format

First line contains n. Second line contains n elements.

Output Format

Print the second smallest element.

Constraints

2 <= n <= 100

Sample Input

5
10 20 5 30 50

Sample Output

Explanation

Maintain two variables, smallest and second_smallest, updating them as you scan through the array.

Starter Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <limits.h>

int main() {
    int n;
    if (scanf("%d", &n) == 1) {
        int arr[100];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
        }
        // Write your code here to find and print the second smallest element
    }
    return 0;
}

Limits

Time Limit: 1s
Memory Limit: 256MB

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