From f8cf165235a5aeb9de71d092ba46154ce2445f73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shaper <shaper@6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 02:34:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added getMinValue().

git-svn-id: https://samskivert.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@895 6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c
---
 .../java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java   | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java
index ad78a7e4..1b4c3e24 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ArrayUtil.java,v 1.17 2002/09/19 23:37:40 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: ArrayUtil.java,v 1.18 2002/11/08 02:34:54 shaper Exp $
 //
 // samskivert library - useful routines for java programs
 // Copyright (C) 2001 Walter Korman
@@ -48,6 +48,23 @@ public class ArrayUtil
         return max;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the minimum value in the given array of values, or {@link
+     * Integer#MAX_VALUE} if the array is null or zero-length.
+     */
+    public static int getMinValue (int[] values)
+    {
+        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        int vcount = (values == null) ? 0 : values.length;
+        for (int ii = 0; ii < vcount; ii++) {
+            if (values[ii] < min) {
+                // new min
+                min = values[ii];
+            }
+        }
+        return min;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns an array of the indexes in the given array of values that
      * have the maximum value in the array, or a zero-length array if the