title | type | language | tags | cover | dateModified | ||
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Min list value based on function |
snippet |
python |
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purple-flower-field |
2020-11-02 |
Returns the minimum value of a list, after mapping each element to a value using the provided function.
- Use
map()
withfn
to map each element to a value using the provided function. - Use
min()
to return the minimum value.
def min_by(lst, fn):
return min(map(fn, lst))
min_by([{ 'n': 4 }, { 'n': 2 }, { 'n': 8 }, { 'n': 6 }], lambda v : v['n']) # 2