Find the min/max element of an array in JavaScript

Question

How can I easily obtain the min or max element of a JavaScript array?

Example pseudocode:

let array = [100, 0, 50]

array.min() //=> 0
array.max() //=> 100

Answer 1

How about augmenting the built-in Array object to use Math.max/Math.min instead:

Array.prototype.max = function() {
  return Math.max.apply(null, this);
};

Array.prototype.min = function() {
  return Math.min.apply(null, this);
};

Here is a JSFiddle.

Augmenting the built-ins can cause collisions with other libraries (some see), so you may be more comfortable with just apply'ing Math.xxx() to your array directly:

var min = Math.min.apply(null, arr),
    max = Math.max.apply(null, arr);

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Alternately, assuming your browser supports ECMAScript 6, you can use the spread operator which functions similarly to the apply method:

var min = Math.min( ...arr ),
    max = Math.max( ...arr );