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+/ Java program of above implementation
+public class GFG {
+ 
+/* Class Pair is used to return two values from getMinMax() */
+    static class Pair {
+ 
+        int min;
+        int max;
+    }
+ 
+    static Pair getMinMax(int arr[], int n) {
+        Pair minmax = new Pair();
+        int i;
+        /* If array has even number of elements then 
+    initialize the first two elements as minimum and 
+    maximum */
+        if (n % 2 == 0) {
+            if (arr[0] > arr[1]) {
+                minmax.max = arr[0];
+                minmax.min = arr[1];
+            } else {
+                minmax.min = arr[0];
+                minmax.max = arr[1];
+            }
+            i = 2;
+            /* set the starting index for loop */
+        } /* If array has odd number of elements then 
+    initialize the first element as minimum and 
+    maximum */ else {
+            minmax.min = arr[0];
+            minmax.max = arr[0];
+            i = 1;
+            /* set the starting index for loop */
+        }
+ 
+        /* In the while loop, pick elements in pair and 
+     compare the pair with max and min so far */
+        while (i < n - 1) {
+            if (arr[i] > arr[i + 1]) {
+                if (arr[i] > minmax.max) {
+                    minmax.max = arr[i];
+                }
+                if (arr[i + 1] < minmax.min) {
+                    minmax.min = arr[i + 1];
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (arr[i + 1] > minmax.max) {
+                    minmax.max = arr[i + 1];
+                }
+                if (arr[i] < minmax.min) {
+                    minmax.min = arr[i];
+                }
+            }
+            i += 2;
+            /* Increment the index by 2 as two 
+               elements are processed in loop */
+        }
+ 
+        return minmax;
+    }
+ 
+    /* Driver program to test above function */
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        int arr[] = {1000, 11, 445, 1, 330, 3000};
+        int arr_size = 6;
+        Pair minmax = getMinMax(arr, arr_size);
+        System.out.printf("\nMinimum element is %d", minmax.min);
+        System.out.printf("\nMaximum element is %d", minmax.max);
+ 
+    }
+}