Enumerable.Min<TSource> Method (IEnumerable<TSource>, Func<TSource, Single>)

Type Parameters

• TSource
  The type of the elements of source.

Parameters

• source
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TSource>
  A sequence of values to determine the minimum value of.

• selector
  Type: System.Func<TSource, Single>
  A transform function to apply to each element.

Return Value

Type: System.Single
The minimum value in the sequence.

   Structure Pet
      Public Name As String
      Public Age As Integer
   End Structure

   Sub MinEx4()
      ' Create an array of Pet objects.
      Dim pets() As Pet = {New Pet With {.Name = "Barley", .Age = 8}, _
                           New Pet With {.Name = "Boots", .Age = 4}, _
                           New Pet With {.Name = "Whiskers", .Age = 1}}

      ' Find the youngest pet by passing a 
      ' lambda expression to the Min() method.
      Dim min As Integer = pets.Min(Function(pet) pet.Age)

      ' Display the result.
      outputBlock.Text &= "The youngest pet is age " & min & vbCrLf
   End Sub

   ' This code produces the following output:
   '
   ' The youngest pet is age 1

      class Pet
      {
         public string Name { get; set; }
         public int Age { get; set; }
      }

      public static void MinEx4()
      {
         Pet[] pets = { new Pet { Name="Barley", Age=8 },
                            new Pet { Name="Boots", Age=4 },
                            new Pet { Name="Whiskers", Age=1 } };

         int min = pets.Min(pet => pet.Age);

         outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The youngest animal is age {0}.", min) + "\n";
      }

      /*
       This code produces the following output:

       The youngest animal is age 1.  
      */