public class hi {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
				
		int[] TestArray = {30, 8, 31, 400, 1, 630, 70, 4, 7, 20};

		hi h = new hi();
		int smallest = h.minArray(TestArray, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 0);
		System.out.println(smallest);
	}


	public int minArray(int[] array, int currSmallest, int stopIndex) //left to right
	{
		int localCurrSmallest = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
		if (stopIndex == array.length-1)  //if at end of array, done
		{
			return array[stopIndex];
		}
		else
		{
			if (array[stopIndex] <  minArray(array, currSmallest, stopIndex+1))
			{
				localCurrSmallest = array[stopIndex];
			}
			else
			{
				localCurrSmallest = minArray(array, currSmallest, stopIndex+1);
			}
		}
		return localCurrSmallest;
	}

}