Exercise 3: Finding Index of Smallest Value

Problem Statement

In the code widget below, two functions both called index_of_smallest are declared. One finds minimum value index of an int type array and the other for double type.

In this exercise, you need to define a Template Class type function index_of_smallest that will generalize the function such that it finds minimum value index for both int and double type array input values.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Remove both the int and double type index_of_smallest functions and then write the code for the Template Class type index_of_smallest function there.

The function code for finding the index of the smallest value in an array:

• Takes three values:
  • Array of values
  • Start index value
  • Size of array

Down below is what the expected output should look like.

Input 1:

int array []= {2,3,4,8,1} 

Input 2:

double array[] = {2.5,3.3,1.5,8.2,4.2}

Expected Output 1:

Index of smallest value is: 4

Expected Output 2:

Index of smallest value is: 2