how to initialize the “min” variable properly?

Question

I have a small problem in my code for finding the minimum value from a series of numbers. When I initialize min = 0, the minimum value turns out as 0. But when I do

Answer 1

When I initialize min = 0, the minimum value turns out as 0.

because in that case, if (min > a[i]) is always false. Remeber, a[i] is > = 100.

But when I don't initialize min, the answer is correct!

if you don't initalize the local variable, it's value in indeterminent and contains some garbage value (possibly a large one). So, seemingly, your logic works and you're apparently getting the right answer. However, using values of uninitalized local variable invokes undefined behaviour.

Solution: Initialize min with the largest possbile value, INT_MAX present in header file.