import java.io.*; import java.util.Arrays; public class arraysave implements Serializable{ public static void main(String s[]) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException{ BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); double array[] = new double[5]; System.out.println("Input 5 numbers for an array"); Util.skip(1); for(int x=0;x<5;x++){ System.out.print(">> "); array[x] = Util.toDouble(input.readLine()); } FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("array.tmp"); ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos); oos.writeObject(array); oos.close(); FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("array.tmp"); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis); double[] foo = (double[])ois.readObject(); ois.close(); Arrays.sort(foo); System.out.println(foo[0]); } }