Finding the Smallest Element in an Array

[Cod]

I'm trying to write a portion of code to find the smallest element of an array. The code below works; however, it doesn't place a negative symbol in front of the element (if its negative). For example, if the smallest element is -2, my code returns "2".

    
int minIndex = 0;      

for (int i = 1; i < a.length; i++) {
  if (a[minIndex] > a[i])
  minIndex = i;
}

Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

[doWhile]

Do you want the index of the smallest element, or the value of the smallest element? Currently you are getting the index of the minimum...as an example, for an array {0,-1,-2}, minIndex will be 2....use a[minIndex] to get the value.