DSA/algorithms/CPlusPlus/Arrays/smallest-possible-sum.cpp

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//smallest-possible-sum
//Given an array of n elements,the smallest possible value we can get by adding any elements from the given array
//time complexity : O(n) || space complexity : O(1)
// n: size of array
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int smallest_possible_sum(vector<int> &arr) //function to calculate smallest_possible_sum
{
int sum=0,n=arr.size();
//smallest_possible_sum would be sum of all negative numbers in the array if there are any
// or else equal to the smallest element in the array(if all numbers are >=0)
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
if(arr[i]<0)
sum+= arr[i];
}
if(sum!=0) //if ans is not equal to zero, there was at least 1 negative number
{
return sum;
}
else
{
int min_ele= *min_element(arr.begin(),arr.end());
return min_ele;
}
}
int main()
{
int size;
cout<<"Enter the size of array: ";
cin>>size;
vector<int> arr(size); // for storing array of n elements
for(int i=0;i<size;i++)
cin>>arr[i];
int res= smallest_possible_sum(arr);
cout<<"The smallest possible sum is : "<<res<<"\n";
return 0;
}