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Find the index of the minimum item of an array

JavaScript

const indexOfMin = (arr) => arr.reduce((prev, curr, i, a) => (curr < a[prev] ? i : prev), 0)

TypeScript

const indexOfMin = (arr: number[]): number => arr.reduce((prev, curr, i, a) => (curr < a[prev] ? i : prev), 0)

Examples

indexOfMin([6, 4, 8, 2, 10]) // 3
indexOfMin([6, 4, 2, 2, 10]) // 2