Program to find the smallest element among three elements

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 17 May, 2022

Given three numbers. The task is to find the smallest among given three numbers.

Examples:

Input: first = 15, second = 16, third = 10
Output: 10

Input: first = 5, second = 3, third = 6
Output: 3

Approach:

Check if the first element is smaller than second and third. If yes then print it.
Else if check if the second element is smaller than first and third. If yes then print it.
Else third is the smallest element and print it.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ implementation to find
// the smallest of three elements
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
    int a = 5, b = 7, c = 10;
 
    if (a <= b && a <= c)
        cout << a << " is the smallest";
 
    else if (b <= a && b <= c)
        cout << b << " is the smallest";
 
    else
        cout << c << " is the smallest";
 
    return 0;
}

C

// C implementation to find
// the smallest of three elements
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
    int a = 5, b = 7, c = 10;
 
    if (a <= b && a <= c)
        printf("%d is the smallest",a);
 
    else if (b <= a && b <= c)
        printf("%d is the smallest",b);
 
    else
        printf("%d is the smallest",c);
 
    return 0;
}
 
// This code is contributed by kothavvsaakash.

Java

// Java implementation to find
// the smallest of three elements
 
import java.io.*;
 
class GFG {
   
 
 
    public static void main (String[] args) {
            int a = 5, b = 7, c = 10;
 
    if (a <= b && a <= c)
        System.out.println( a + " is the smallest");
 
    else if (b <= a && b <= c)
        System.out.println( b + " is the smallest");
 
    else
        System.out.println( c + " is the smallest");
 
    }
}
// This code is contributed by shs..

Python3

# Python implementation to find
# the smallest of three elements
 
a, b, c = 5, 7, 10
 
if(a <= b and a <= c):
    print(a, "is the smallest")
 
elif(b <= a and b <= c):
    print(b, "is the smallest")
else:
    print(c, "is the smallest")
 
# This code is contributed
# by 29AjayKumar

C#

// C# implementation to find
// the smallest of three elements
using System;
 
class GFG
{
static public void Main ()
{
int a = 5, b = 7, c = 10;
if (a <= b && a <= c)
    Console.WriteLine( a + " is the smallest");
 
else if (b <= a && b <= c)
    Console.WriteLine( b + " is the smallest");
 
else
    Console.WriteLine( c + " is the smallest");
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by jit_t

PHP

<?php
// PHP implementation to find
// the smallest of three elements
 
// Driver Code
$a = 5; $b = 7; $c = 10;
 
if ($a <= $b && $a <= $c)
    echo $a . " is the smallest";
 
else if ($b <= $a && $b <= $c)
    echo $b . " is the smallest";
 
else
    echo $c . " is the smallest";
 
// This code is contributed
// by Akanksha Rai

Javascript

<script>
    // Javascript implementation to find
    // the smallest of three elements
     
    let a = 5, b = 7, c = 10;
    if (a <= b && a <= c)
        document.write( a + " is the smallest");
 
    else if (b <= a && b <= c)
        document.write( b + " is the smallest");
 
    else
        document.write( c + " is the smallest");
     
</script>

Output:

5 is the smallest

Time complexity : O(1)

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