public class Tests {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] nums = new int[] {10,32,40,43,21,35,37,9,23};
        getSmallest(nums, 1, 5);

        System.out.println(getSmallest(nums, 3, 7) + "hello");
        System.out.println(nums[0]);

    }

    private static int getSmallest(int[] nums, int first, int end) {


              if (end == nums.length - 1) {
                return nums[end];
              }

              int val = min(nums, end + 1);

              if (nums[end] < val)
                return nums[end];
              else
                return getSmallest(nums, first, end);
            }

}