Find the min/max element of an Array using JavaScript

18 May, 2019
The minimum and maximum element in an array can be found using 2 approaches:
Method 1: Using Math.min() and Math.max()The min() and max() methods of the Math object are static functions that return the minimum and maximum element passed to it. These functions could be passed an array with the spread(...) operator. The spread operator allows an iterable to expand in places where multiple arguments are expected. In this case, it automatically expands array and gives the numbers to the functions.
Syntax:
minValue = Math.min(...array);
maxValue = Math.max(...array);
Example 1:
<!DOCTYPE html><html>  <head>    <title>      Find the min/max element      of an Array using JavaScript  </title></head>  <body>    <h1 style="color: green">      GeeksforGeeks  </h1>    <b>Find the min/max element of       an Array using JavaScript</b>        <p>Click on the button below t      o find out the minimum and      maximum of the array       [50, 60, 20, 10, 40]</p>        <p>Minimum element is: <span class="min">      </span>        <br>Maximum Element is: <span class="max">      </span></p>    <button onclick="findMinMax()">      Click to check  </button>    <script>        function findMinMax() {            array = [50, 60, 20, 10, 40];            minValue = Math.min(...array);            maxValue = Math.max(...array);            document.querySelector(              '.min').textContent = minValue;            document.querySelector(              '.max').textContent = maxValue;        }    </script></body>  </html>
Output:
Before clicking the button:
After clicking the button:
Method 2: Iterating through the array and keeping track of the minimum and maximum element
The minimum and maximum element can be kept track by iterating through all the elements in the array and updating the minimum and maximum element upto that point by comparing them to the current minimum and maximum values. Initially, the minimum and maximum values are initialized to Infinity and -Infinity.
Syntax:
minValue = Infinity;
maxValue = -Infinity;

for (item of array) {
    // find minimum value
    if (item < minValue)
    minValue = item;
                
    // find maximum value
    if (item > maxValue)
    maxValue = item;
}
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html>  <head>    <title>      Find the min/max element       of an Array using JavaScript  </title></head>  <body>    <h1 style="color: green">      GeeksforGeeks  </h1>    <b>      Find the min/max element      of an Array using JavaScript  </b>    <p>      Click on the button below to      find out the minimum and       maximum of the array       [50, 60, 20, 10, 40]  </p>        <p>Minimum element is: <span class="min">      </span>        <br>Maximum Element is: <span class="max">      </span></p>    <button onclick="findMinMax()">      Click to check  </button>    <script>        function findMinMax() {            array = [50, 60, 20, 10, 40];            minValue = Infinity;            maxValue = -Infinity;              for (item of array) {                // find minimum value                if (item < minValue)                    minValue = item;                  // find maximum value                if (item > maxValue)                    maxValue = item;            }              document.querySelector(              '.min').textContent = minValue;            document.querySelector(              '.max').textContent = maxValue;        }    </script></body>  </html>
Output:
Before clicking the button:
After clicking the button:
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