Get the minimum value from the array

Question

I am trying to get the minimum value from an array without changing the way the the value are aligned.

function removeSmallest(numbers){
var min=Math.min.apply(null,numbers);
var indexvalue=numbers.indexOf(min);
delete numbers[indexvalue];
return numbers;
}

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score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Two issues:

Math.min.apply(null, numbers) should be Math.min.apply(Math, numbers) (note Math instead of null)
Normally, delete is not the right tool for arrays (see this question's answers for details; use splice to remove array entries if you're going to modify the array in place:
```
numbers.splice(indexvalue, 1);
```

You might also consider creating and returning a new array instead of mutating and returning the same array you received.

Get the minimum value from the array

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