Min

In this chapter you will learn:

How to use Min operator
Min with string value
Min with object property
Get to shortest word

Get to know Min operator

Min returns the smallest element from a sequence:

using System;/*from  j a  va  2s  .c o m*/
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        int[] numbers = { 28, 32, 14 };
        int smallest = numbers.Min();  // 14;
        Console.WriteLine(smallest);

    }
}

The output:

Min with string value

using System;/*from j a va2s .  c  om*/
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        string[] presidents = {"G", "java2s.com", "a", "H", "over", "Jack"};
        string minName = presidents.Min();
        Console.WriteLine(minName);
    }
}

Min with object property

using System;//from java  2  s  .  c o m
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class Employee {
    public int birthYear;
    public string firstName;
    public string lastName;

    public static Employee[] GetEmployees() {
        Employee[] actors = new Employee[] {
        new Employee { birthYear = 1964, firstName = "Keanu", lastName = "Reeves" },
        new Employee { birthYear = 1968, firstName = "Owen", lastName = "Wilson" },
        new Employee { birthYear = 1960, firstName = "James", lastName = "Spader" },
        new Employee { birthYear = 1964, firstName = "Sandra", lastName = "Bullock" },
      };

        return (actors);
    }
}
public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        int oldestEmployeeAge = Employee.GetEmployees().Min(a => a.birthYear);
        Console.WriteLine(oldestEmployeeAge);
    }
}

Get to shortest word

The following code uses Min to get the length of the shortest word in a string array.

using System;/*from j a  v a  2 s . com*/
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        string[] words = { "cherry", "apple", "blueberry" };

        int shortestWord = words.Min(w => w.Length);

        Console.WriteLine("The shortest word is {0} characters long.", shortestWord);
    }
}

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