Program to find the smallest element among three elements

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:

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

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

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// 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;
}

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// 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.. 



















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# 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 



















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// 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 



















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<?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 



















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Output:


5 is the smallest





Time complexity : O(1)



          
          
          
          

            

    

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