Finding a minimum with a recursive function

Regardless of the input, the result is always 0. Why is this?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

int rekursiv( int v[], int i, int n, int *min );

int main( void )
{
    int v[ 100 ];
    int n, i, min;

    printf( "Shkruanni n: " );
    scanf( "%d", &n );
    printf( "Shkruani elementet e vektorit.\n" );
    for( i = 0; i < n; i++ ){
         scanf( "%d", &v[ i ] );

         }//end for
    min = v[ 0 ];
    i = 1;
    printf( "Minimumi eshte %d.", rekursiv( v, i, n, &min ) );

    getche();
    return 0;
}//end main

int rekursiv( int v[], int i, int n, int *min )
{
    if( i == n - 1 ) {
        return *min;
    }//end if
    else {
        if( *min < v[ i ] ) {
            *min = v[ i ];
        }//end if
        rekursiv( v, i + 1, n, min );
    }//end else

}//end rekursiv
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You must compile with warnings enabled. rekursivdoes not always return a value.

Edit

rekursiv( v, i + 1, n, min );

to

return rekursiv( v, i + 1, n, min );
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In the function ( int rekursiv (int v [], int i, int n, int * min) ), an integer should be returned, so your last condition returns nothing. You must check the last ELSE condition

else {
         if( *min < v[ i ] ){
             *min = v[ i ];

             }//end if
         rekursiv( v, i + 1, n, min );

         }
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