Getting max value(s) in JSON array

Question

I\'m trying to create a JavaScript function which takes information from an array in an external JSON and then takes the max value (or the top 5 values) for one of the JSON

Answer 1

This will allow you to choose what stat you want and what information you want back.

http://jsbin.com/tudegofa/1/edit

data => is the array

stat => is the stat you want to sort by

info => is an array of properties you want returned.

function getValues (data, stat, info)
{
  var selectedValues = data.map(function(x) {
    return parseFloat(x[stat]);
  })

  var i = selectedValues.indexOf(Math.max.apply(Math, selectedValues));

  var result = {};
  info.forEach(function(x) {
      result[x] = test[i][x];
  })
  return result;
}

var myData = '';
$.getJSON('/url/to/grab/json', function(data) {

  myData = data;

});

getValues(myData, "bpg", ["player","team"]);

//[object Object] {
//  player: "Anthony Davis",
//  team: "New Orleans Pelicans"
// }