Challenge
Given an array of integers, received from stdin, function arguments, program arguments, or some other method:
Output only the minimum and maximum numbers in the array, through a return value, stdout, or other fitting methods.
Example session
> minmax( {0, 15, 2, 3, 7, 18, -2, 9, 6, -5, 3, 8, 9, -14} )
-14 18
Reference implementation
// C++
void minmax(std::vector<int> v) {
int min = v[0]; int max = v[0];
for(std::vector<int>::iterator it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); it++) {
if (*it < min)
min = *it;
if (*it > max)
max = *it;
}
std::cout << min << ' ' << max << std::endl;
}
Rules
- You may not use a built-in function to calculate the values.
- Standard loopholes disallowed.
- Creative implementations encouraged.
- This is code-golf, shortest answer wins but will not be selected.
Clarifications
- If the array contains 1 element you need to output it twice.
- If the minimum and maximum values are the same, you need to output them both.
