diff --git a/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.gitignore b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.gitignore
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+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea/modules.xml
+.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+.idea/compiler.xml
+.idea/libraries/
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### Eclipse ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### Mac OS ###
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/.gitignore b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/.gitignore
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+++ b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/.gitignore
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+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
diff --git a/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/encodings.xml b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/encodings.xml
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+++ b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/encodings.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="Encoding">
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/misc.xml b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/misc.xml
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+++ b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/misc.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
+  <component name="MavenProjectsManager">
+    <option name="originalFiles">
+      <list>
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/pom.xml" />
+      </list>
+    </option>
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_21" default="true" project-jdk-name="21" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/vcs.xml b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/vcs.xml
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+++ b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/.idea/vcs.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/.." vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/pom.xml b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+    <artifactId>ab-java-loops-and-version-control</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/src/main/java/Main.java b/ab-java-loops-and-version-control/src/main/java/Main.java
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+public class Main {
+
+    private static final int x = 2;
+    private static final int y = 5;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+    }
+
+    public static int minMaxDifference(int[] nums) {
+        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+
+        for (int num : nums) {
+            if (num < min) {
+                min = num;
+            }
+            if (num > max) {
+                max = num;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return max - min;
+    }
+
+    public static void printSmallestAndSecondSmallest(int[] arr) {
+        if (arr.length < 2) {
+            System.out.println("Array must contain at least two elements.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        int smallest = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        int secondSmallest = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+
+        for (int num : arr) {
+            if (num < smallest) {
+                secondSmallest = smallest;
+                smallest = num;
+            } else if (num < secondSmallest && num != smallest) {
+                secondSmallest = num;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(secondSmallest == Integer.MAX_VALUE){
+            secondSmallest = smallest;
+        }
+        System.out.println("Smallest: " + smallest + ", Second Smallest: " + secondSmallest);
+
+    }
+
+    public static int expression(){
+        return x*x + (4*y/5 - x)*(4*y/5 - x);
+    }
+}