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Find 2nd smallest integer in array || I have the method to find 1st :D but not 2nd :c

Hey everyone. I'm pretty new to coding. Here I need to write a method to find the second smallest integer in a given array. What I have managed to put together is a method to find the smallest integer.

I'm thinking I need another for loop to test my 'low' variable to all the integers in the array again, thus finding the next lowest integer. I can put it into words as to what I want, but I have trouble actually coding it. Any words of advice, suggestions or corrections would be awesome. Also, I'd like to figure it myself, so no doing it for me!

take a look...

Code:

    public static void main(String[] args) {



        int array[] = {7, 9, 6, 8, 13};



        int low = 9999999;



        for (int counter = 0; counter < array.length; counter++) {



            if (low > array[counter]) {

                low = array[counter];

                counter++;

            }

        }

            System.out.println(array[low]);

    }

K, after a little work, I kinda scrapped my first plan and restarted. But I posted my results. I threw in another for loop, but also used if-else statements to store minimum and second lowest values. Looks pretty good, and runs fine. Any suggestions as what I could improve would be great. Thanks.
;)

Code:

import java.util.Scanner;



public class Main {



    public static void main(String[] args) {



        Scanner k = new Scanner(System.in);

        int array[] = new int[5];



        System.out.println("Enter your 5 digits, separated by spaces:");



        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {

            array[i] = k.nextInt();

                 if(array.length != 5) {

            System.out.println("Error");

            System.out.println("Please try again.");

            }

        }



        int min = 0;

        int second = 0;



        if (array[0] < array[1]) {

            min = array[0];

            second = array[1];

        } else {

            min = array[1];

            second = array[0];

        }



        for (int counter = 2; counter < 5; counter++) {



            if (array[counter] <= min) {

                second = min;

                min = array[counter];

            } else {

                if (array[counter] < second) {

                    second = array[counter];

            }

        }

    }

        System.out.println("The second smallest number is " + second);

    }

}