Minimum Generic Method

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Finds the minimum value in a collection.

Namespace: Wintellect.PowerCollections
Assembly: PowerCollections (in PowerCollections.dll)

Syntax

C#
public static T Minimum<T>( IEnumerable<T> collection ) where T : IComparable<T>

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function Minimum(Of T As IComparable(Of T)) ( _ collection As IEnumerable(Of T) _ ) As T

Visual C++
public: generic<typename T> where T : IComparable<T> static T Minimum ( IEnumerable<T>^ collection )

The smallest item in the collection.

Values in the collection are compared by using the IComparable<T> interfaces implementation on the type T.

Exception	Condition
System..::InvalidOperationException	The collection is empty.
System..::ArgumentNullException	collection is null.