Instance Methodswift-algorithms 1.2.1Algorithms->Swift
min(count:)
Returns the smallest elements of this sequence.
func min(count: Int) -> [Element] Parameters
- count
The number of elements to return. If
countis greater than the number of elements in this sequence, all of the sequence’s elements are returned.
Returns
An array of the smallest count elements of this sequence.
This example partially sorts an array of integers to retrieve its three smallest values:
let numbers = [7, 1, 6, 2, 8, 3, 9]
let smallestThree = numbers.min(count: 3)
// [1, 2, 3]If you need to sort a sequence but only need to access its smallest elements, using this method can give you a performance boost over sorting the entire sequence. The order of equal elements is guaranteed to be preserved.