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1 line of code: How to get the index of the lowest numeric item of an Array

#javascript #webdev #performance #codequality 
const indexOfLowestNumber = arr => arr.indexOf(Math.min.apply(null,arr));
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Returns the index of the first occurrence of the lowest numerical item of the array.

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You can find the all the utility functions from this series at github.com/martinkr/onelinecode
The library is also published to npm as @onelinecode for your convenience.

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Frank Wisniewski • 
const indexOfLowestNumber=arr=>arr.indexOf(Math.min.apply(null,arr))
console.log( indexOfLowestNumber ([2,2,4,5,1])) // -> 4
console.log( indexOfLowestNumber ([1,2,2,4,5,])) // -> 0
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Martin Krause •

Thank you for your contribution. I ran the performance tests (gist.github.com/ac1df98815e154b99f...) and you solution is about 5 times faster. Amazing. I adjusted the code in the article.

Cheers!

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