# Finding minimum

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-minimum/2576>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 2, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-minimum/2576 "2002-06-02T07:23:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-minimum/2576/1 "2002-06-02T07:23:09Z")

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Hi!

Does anyone know a fast and simple algorithm to find the minimum of X values?

THX

Hartwig

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-minimum/2576/2 "2002-06-02T14:21:42Z")

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You can find something there :  
[pub40.ezboard.com/fkirupa…D=23.topic](http://pub40.ezboard.com/fkirupafrm24.showMessage?topicID=23.topic)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-minimum/2576/3 "2002-06-02T14:31:02Z")

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I hate Ezboards (but I love Supra 😃 ). Let’s see

```auto
 Array.prototype.getMinimum = function(){
   var n,min,i;
   n = this.length;
   min = this[0];
   for (i=0;i<n;i++) {
                if (this[i]<min)
                        min = this[i];
   }
   return(min);
}

values = [37,5,8,87,-5,324,6,36,43,59];
test = values.getMinimum();
trace (test) ;

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-minimum/2576/4 "2002-06-02T19:01:19Z")

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ily,

that prototype won’t operate on the last item of the array.

make n = this.length and it works just fine.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/finding-minimum/2576/5 "2002-06-02T19:10:18Z")

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Thanks Supra, I will correct it !

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