Thread: Need help with my findMin method. Code included

Im suppose to perform this method recursively however when I lauch the program i get an error stating out of bounds. Any suggestions?

// assumes that a != null && a.length > 0
public static int findMin(int[] a) {
    return findMinRecursive(a, a[0], 1);
}
 
private static int findMinRecursive(int[] array, int lo, int pos) {
    if(pos >= array.length)
        return lo;
 
    if(array[pos] < lo)
        lo = array[pos];
 
    return findMinRecursive(array, lo, pos + 1);
}

What's out of bounds? Post the exact error message and stack trace, copied and pasted into a post.

Originally Posted by GregBrannon

What's out of bounds? Post the exact error message and stack trace, copied and pasted into a post.

It was along the lines of an Exception such as an IllegalArgumentException at line 3 saying out of bounds

When you can post an exact copy of the error message rather than your best guess/recollection, do that.

This code is perfectly fine buddy.