public class CiscoQuestion { public static void main(String[] args) { // 51 24 36 // 43 55 67 // 95 54 28 int[][] neo = { { 251, 424, 136 }, { 743, 655, 676 }, { 895, 854, 828 } }; int temp = neo[0][0]; int minColumn = 0; int MaxNum = neo[0][0]; for (int i = 0; i < neo.length; i++) { System.out.println(""); for (int j = 0; j < neo[i].length; j++) { System.out.print(neo[i][j]); System.out.print("\t"); if (neo[i][j] < temp) { temp = neo[i][j]; minColumn = j; } } } System.out.println("The smallest Number in the matrix is: " + temp + " at column: " + minColumn); // let's check the highest number in that column // int x = 0; while (x < 3) { if (neo[x][minColumn] > MaxNum) { MaxNum = neo[x][minColumn]; } x++; } System.out.println("The highest number on the minClumn is: " + MaxNum + "!"); } }