Thread: why there's a difference between the 'while' and 'if' in this code

this code is showing the min value .
with the while loop its working fine- the min is 2
if you replace the 'while' with 'if' the min is 33 which is wrong.

i tried to write myself the iterations. i got little confused.
also if i check the max value instead of min its working fine with if.

Code:

 #include <stdio.h>
int main(){

int number[] = {35,32,21,4,33,43,2};


int i, j , k ,min;
i= 0 ; j=6; k = 0;  //j = the end of the array
                           //k = start of the array


for(; i<=j; i++){
 while(number[k]>number[0+i]) //put 'if' is wrong.why?
{
k++;
 }
}
min=number[k]; 
printf("min=%d",min);



return0;

} 

The correct statement would be:

Code:

if (number[k] > number[i])
{
    k = i;
}