Finding the max value of an attribute in an array of objects and return the entire object

Question

I know a similar question has been asked here: Finding the max value of an attribute in an array of objects, but with that method there is no way to return the entire object con

Answer 1

Could also use something like Array.prototype.reduce.

i.e.

function maxVal(arr) {
    return arr.reduce(function (prev, curr) {
        return (prev.value >= curr.value) ? prev : curr;
    });
}

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EDIT: If you want a basic way of doing it, simply by iterating through the array, you can do something like:

function maxVal(arr) {
    var max = arr[0];
    for (var i = 1, iMax = arr.length; i < iMax; i++) {
        if (max.value < arr[i].value) {
            max = arr[i];
        }
    }
    return max;
}