// C++ program of above implementation
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
// Structure is used to return
// two values from minMax()
struct Pair
{
int min;
int max;
};
struct Pair getMinMax(int arr[], int n)
{
struct Pair minmax;
int i;
// If array has even number of elements
// then initialize the first two elements
// as minimum and maximum
if (n % 2 == 0)
{
if (arr[0] > arr[1])
{
minmax.max = arr[0];
minmax.min = arr[1];
}
else
{
minmax.min = arr[0];
minmax.max = arr[1];
}
// Set the starting index for loop
i = 2;
}
// If array has odd number of elements
// then initialize the first element as
// minimum and maximum
else
{
minmax.min = arr[0];
minmax.max = arr[0];
// Set the starting index for loop
i = 1;
}
// In the while loop, pick elements in
// pair and compare the pair with max
// and min so far
while (i < n - 1)
{
if (arr[i] > arr[i + 1])
{
if(arr[i] > minmax.max)
minmax.max = arr[i];
if(arr[i + 1] < minmax.min)
minmax.min = arr[i + 1];
}
else
{
if (arr[i + 1] > minmax.max)
minmax.max = arr[i + 1];
if (arr[i] < minmax.min)
minmax.min = arr[i];
}
// Increment the index by 2 as
// two elements are processed in loop
i += 2;
}
return minmax;
}
// Driver code
int main()
{
int arr[] = { 1000, 11, 445,
1, 330, 3000 };
int arr_size = 6;
Pair minmax = getMinMax(arr, arr_size);
cout << "nMinimum element is "
<< minmax.min << endl;
cout << "nMaximum element is "
<< minmax.max;
return 0;
}
// This code is contributed by nik_3112