find the smallest value in a map in typescript

To find the smallest value in a Map object in TypeScript, you can use the min method from the Lodash library. First, convert the Map object into an array using the Array.from method. Then, pass the array and a function to the min method to get the entry with the smallest value.

Here is an example code snippet:

index.ts
import * as _ from 'lodash';

const myMap = new Map<string, number>();
myMap.set('a', 3);
myMap.set('b', 1);
myMap.set('c', 2);

const smallestEntry = _.min(Array.from(myMap.entries()), ([key, value]) => value);

console.log(`The smallest value is ${smallestEntry[1]}`);
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In this example, the min method returns the entry ['b', 1], which represents the smallest value in the Map object. The [1] index is used to access the value of the entry.

Note that the lodash library is not required to solve this problem, but it simplifies the code by providing a functional-style abstraction for working with data structures like Map objects.