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Ruby | Enumerable minmax() function

The minmax() of enumerable is an inbuilt method in Ruby returns an array containing two elements. It contains the minimum and the maximum value in the enumerable. The first form assumes all objects implement Comparable whereas the second uses the block to return a b.

Syntax: enu.minmax { |a, b| block }



Parameters: The function takes an optional block.

Return Value: It returns an array containing the minimum and maximum.



Example 1:




# Ruby program for minmax method in Enumerable
  
# Initialize 
enu1 = (2..6)
  
# Prints
enu1.minmax 

Output:

[2, 6]

Example 2:




# Ruby program for minmax method in Enumerable
  
# Initialize 
enu1 = (1..100)
  
# Prints
enu1.minmax {|a, b| a<=>b}

Output:

[1, 100]
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