finding min nummber in a vector

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I got to write a program in one code line.

Finding minimum num in a vector without using min or max functions.

[Walter Roberson]

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/6200-tutorial-how-to-ask-a-question-on-answers-and-get-a-fast-answer

Answer 1

[KSSV]

You arrange your vector in ascending order using sort and pick the first number.

V = rand(10,1) ;

V = sort(V,'ascend') ; 
iwant = V(1)

[KSSV]

Yuval Ohoyan Thank you, If one of the element in minus sign i just add abs func?

[KSSV]

Why abs? That case negative number will be minimum.

[Image Analyst]

But that's two lines of code and apparently the instructor/answer thinks it can be done in one line of code.

[Walter Roberson]

The requirement is one line, not one statement.

[Image Analyst]

OK, then I guess we can put both "statements" on one line of code:

V = sort(V,'ascend'); iwant = V(1)

Answer 2

[yuval ohayon]

Arranging the vector in acending order by the absolut value of the elements,this is another task that i confuse about.