Complete JS newbie here!
I made an Array with a few numbers in it. I added a function that will show me the lowest number. My question can I show the index of the lowest number?(even If I would change the numbers)
Here is my code in case you need it:
function func()
{
var low= 0;
var numbersArr=[29, 26, 44, 80, 12, 15, 40];
for(var i = 0; i <= numbersArr.length;i++)
{
if(numbersArr[i]< numbersArr[i-1])
{
low = numbersArr[i];
}
}
console.log(low);
}
func();You can also store value of i in one variable. See below code.
function func()
{
var numbersArr=[29, 26, 11, 44, 80, 12, 15, 40,10];
var low = numbersArr[0];
var indexOfLow;
for(var i = 0; i <= numbersArr.length;i++)
{
if(numbersArr[i]< low)
{
low = numbersArr[i];
indexOfLow = i;
}
}
console.log("Lowest number is : "+low);
console.log("Index of lowest number is : "+indexOfLow);
}
func();
My question can I show the index of the lowest number?
You can do
numbersArr.indexOf(low)
Edit
That said, your logic of finding the lowest number isn't correct as you are only comparing the consecutive values of the array, try the updated logic in demo below.
Demo
function func() {
var numbersArr = [29, 26, 11, 44, 80, 12, 15, 40];
var low = numbersArr[0];
for (var i = 1; i <= numbersArr.length; i++) {
if (numbersArr[i] < low ) {
low = numbersArr[i];
}
}
console.log(low);
console.log(numbersArr.indexOf(low));
}
func();
You function lack the problem of keeping the lowest value, because you compare only the actual element and the element before.
function getLowestValue(array) {
var low = 0,
i;
for (i = 0; i < array.length; i++) { // just loop i < array.length!
if (array[i] < array[i - 1]) {
// ^^^^^^^^^^^^ this is the problem, you need to check against low
low = array[i];
}
}
return low;
}
console.log(getLowestValue([29, 26, 11, 80, 12, 15, 40])); // 12 instead of 11You could store the value of the lowest element and compare with this value.
function getLowestValue(array) {
var low = array[0], // take the first element at index 0
i;
for (i = 1; i < array.length; i++) { // start with index 1, because you need to
// check against the last known smallest value
if(array[i] < low) {
low = array[i];
}
}
return low;
}
console.log(getLowestValue([29, 26, 11, 80, 12, 15, 40])); // 11 the right valueFor getting the lowest index, you could just store the index instead of th value and take it for comparison.
function getLowestIndex(array) {
var lowIndex = 0,
i;
for (i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
if (array[i] < array[lowIndex]) {
lowIndex = i;
}
}
return lowIndex;
}
console.log(getLowestIndex([29, 26, 11, 80, 12, 15, 40])); // 2No need to make a function to find minimum value. You can use simply Math.min.apply to find minimum value from array and then indexOf to find index of that value
var numbersArr = [29, 26, 44, 80, 12, 15, 40];
var minValue = Math.min.apply(null, numbersArr);
console.log("Minimum Value:"+ minValue, "Index is:" + numbersArr.indexOf(minValue));Solution:You will declair a variable which will hold the index of low number and assign it in the if statement as shown below:
if(numbersArr[i]< numbersArr[i-1])
{
low = numbersArr[i];
IndexLow=i;
}
I found a super easy way to do that, in your way. Just little change in your code. Please take a look.
function func()
{
var numbersArr=[29, 31, 26, 44, 80, 123, 151, 40,15];
var low= numbersArr[0];
var index = 0;
for(var i = 1; i < numbersArr.length;i++)
{
if(low >= numbersArr[i])
{
low = numbersArr[i];
index = i;
}
}
console.log(index);
console.log(low);
}
func();
Hope you found your problem. Happy coding :)
const lowestNumber = numbers.map(n => n).sort()[0];. Assortmutates, I first create a new array so that the original one is not mutated.Math.min.applyto find min value. No need to write function. and then useindexOfto find the index. Check the below answer.