Get max and min value from array in JavaScript

Question

I am creating the following array from data attributes and I need to be able to grab the highest and lowest value from it so I can pass it to another function later on.

Answer 1

Why not store it as an array of prices instead of object?

prices = []
$(allProducts).each(function () {
    var price = parseFloat($(this).data('price'));
    prices.push(price);
});
prices.sort(function(a, b) { return a - b }); //this is the magic line which sort the array

That way you can just

prices[0]; // cheapest
prices[prices.length - 1]; // most expensive

Note that you can do shift() and pop() to get min and max price respectively, but it will take off the price from the array.

Even better alternative is to use Sergei solution below, by using Math.max and min respectively.

EDIT:

I realized that this would be wrong if you have something like [11.5, 3.1, 3.5, 3.7] as 11.5 is treated as a string, and would come before the 3.x in dictionary order, you need to pass in custom sort function to make sure they are indeed treated as float:

prices.sort(function(a, b) { return a - b });