{"id":220064,"date":"2023-12-28T09:05:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T09:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namso-gen.co\/blog\/how-to-find-lowest-value-index-in-array-systemverilog\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T09:05:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T09:05:36","slug":"how-to-find-lowest-value-index-in-array-systemverilog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namso-gen.co\/blog\/how-to-find-lowest-value-index-in-array-systemverilog\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find lowest value index in array SystemVerilog?"},"content":{"rendered":"

**How to find the lowest value index in an array SystemVerilog?**<\/p>\n

When working with arrays in SystemVerilog, it is often necessary to find the index of the lowest value. This can be accomplished through a simple algorithm that iterates through the array, comparing each element to the current lowest value and updating it if a smaller value is found. Here’s how you can implement this in SystemVerilog:<\/p>\n

“`systemverilog
\nmodule LowestValueIndex;
\n reg [7:0] myArray [9:0] = ‘{0, 4, -2, 7, -1, 3, 6, -5, 2, 8};
\n integer lowestIndex;
\n reg [7:0] lowestValue;<\/p>\n

initial begin
\n lowestIndex = 0;
\n lowestValue = myArray[0];<\/p>\n

for (int i = 1; i < myArray.size(); i++) begin
\n if (myArray[i] < lowestValue) begin
\n lowestValue = myArray[i];
\n lowestIndex = i;
\n end
\n end<\/p>\n

$display(“The lowest value index is %d”, lowestIndex);
\n end
\nendmodule
\n“`<\/p>\n

In the above code snippet, we have declared an array `myArray` consisting of 10 elements. We initialize `lowestIndex` to 0 and `lowestValue` to the first element in the array. Then, we use a for loop to iterate through the array starting from the second element (i = 1). Inside the loop, we compare each element to the current `lowestValue` and update it if a smaller element is found, along with updating the `lowestIndex`. Finally, we display the result using the `$display` system function.<\/p>\n

The output of this code will be:
\n“`
\nThe lowest value index is 7
\n“`<\/p>\n

The lowest value index is determined to be 7, which corresponds to the element -5 in the array.<\/p>\n

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