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 ); 

Answer 2

var max_of_array = Math.max.apply(Math, array); 

For a full discussion see: http://aaroncrane.co.uk/2008/11/javascript_max_api/