~~~ Need some help doing some operations with 1-D Arrays ~~~

Question

I'm studying for my final in cs and I'm completely lost on one of the topics in the review sheet, it asks me to know how to find the smallest/largest values in a given 1-D array
lets just say I have an array called aRay and it's values are 1, 9, 3 ,4 and 11, in that order
int[] aRay = new int[5];
int[0] aRay = 1;
int[1] aRay = 9;
int[2] aRay = 3;
int[3] aRay = 4;
int[4] aRay = 11;
I don't know if I did that right but ok, I know I need to use a for loop, and use temp values to store a value and check if the next one is smaller, and if so, grab that one and keep going?
int temp = 1;
for ( int i = 0; int[i] < int[temp]; i++)
temp++;
Am I even on the right track.. :(
thanks for your comments and help everyone, much appreciated

Answer 1

public class bladddh
     public static void main( String [] args )
          int[] aRay = new int[5];
          aRay[0] = 1;
          aRay[1] = 9;
          aRay[2] = 3;
          aRay[3] = 4;
        aRay[4] = 11;
          //for finding the smallest
          int num=0; //will be the largest value by the end.
          for(int i=0;i<aRay.length;i++)
             if(aRay>num)
          num=aRay[i];
          if(i == 4)
               for(int j=0; j<aRay.length; j++)
                         if(aRay[j]<num)
                              num=aRay[j];
          System.out.println(num);
}I got it :D you said it wouldn't work for negative numbers though? is there a better way?