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<li>The optional <var class="term">method</var> parameter lets you further manipulate the <var>Arraylist</var> item values before performing the <var>MinimumItem</var> method's item | <li>The optional <var class="term">method</var> parameter lets you further manipulate the <var>Arraylist</var> item values before performing the <var>MinimumItem</var> method's item evaluation. | ||
The <var class="term">method</var> default (identity function <var>This</var>) fails against non-intrinsic values, however. If your <var>Arraylist</var> items are <i>not</i> intrinsic values, you must specify a <var class="term">method</var> function that can map the item values to intrinsic values. | The <var class="term">method</var> default (identity function <var>This</var>) fails against non-intrinsic values, however. If your <var>Arraylist</var> items are <i>not</i> intrinsic values, you must specify a <var class="term">method</var> function that can map the item values to intrinsic values. | ||
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Revision as of 20:58, 18 July 2012
Get item that has minimum value (Arraylist class)
[Introduced in Sirius Mods 7.8]
MinimumItem is related to the Minimum Arraylist method, which return the number or name of the item that has the minimum value in an Arraylist.
Syntax
%item = al:MinimumItem[( [itemFunction])]
Syntax terms
%item | An Arraylist item of the same type as the al object. |
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al | An Arraylist object. |
method | A function that operates on the type of the items in the Arraylist. It may be a local method or method variable or a class member (Variable, Property), and it must return an intrinsic value. The default method value is the special identity function, This, which simply returns the item value. |
Usage notes
- The optional method parameter lets you further manipulate the Arraylist item values before performing the MinimumItem method's item evaluation. The method default (identity function This) fails against non-intrinsic values, however. If your Arraylist items are not intrinsic values, you must specify a method function that can map the item values to intrinsic values.
Examples
For the ArrayList %al
whose items are the odd integers between 0 and 10, %al:minItem
returns 1
.