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Zevan Rosser
Zevan Rosser

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Golfed Min/Max

Math.min(a,b)  // 13 chars
a<b?a:b        //  7 chars

Math.max(a,b)
a>b?a:b
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Another small golfing gem from codegolf stackexchange. This isn’t immediately obvious, but cool to note when golfing.

It’s also worth mentioning that if your code is long enough, aliasing Math.min and/or Math.max may be shorter in the long run:

m = Math.min
Math.min(a,b)  // 13 chars
a<b?a:b        //  7 chars
m(a,b)         //  6 chars
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See more stuff like this over @ Snippet Zone

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