Collect.js min() Method

The min() method is used to return the minimum element from the given array or collection. The method can be specified with a key as a parameter so that only the values of that key in the collection would be considered and the minimum element would be found from those values.

Syntax:

collect(array).min(key)

Parameters: The collect() method takes one argument that is converted into the collection and then min() method is applied to it. The min() method holds the key as a parameter.

Return Value: This method returns the minimum element from the given collection.

Below example illustrate the min() method in collect.js:

Example 1:

Javascript

const collect = require('collect.js');

let arr = [10, 15, -20, -25, 40, 50, -70];

const collection = collect(arr);

const min_val = collection.min();

console.log(min_val);

Output:

-70

Example 2:

Javascript

const collect = require('collect.js');

let obj = [
    {
        name: 'Rahul',
        dob: '25-10-96',
        section: 'A',
        score: 98,
    },
    {
        name: 'Aditya',
        dob: '25-10-96',
        section: 'B',
        score: 96,
    },
    {
        name: 'Abhishek',
        dob: '16-08-94',
        section: 'A',
        score: 80
    }
];

const collection = collect(obj);

const min_score = collection.min('score');

console.log(min_score);

Output:

80