I sort this list to get the smallest occurrence of a property. Is there a simpler way in Kotlin? ``...

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[Florian]

I sort this list to get the smallest occurrence of a property. Is there a simpler way in Kotlin?

val sortedArticles = cachedArticles.sortedBy { article ->
    article.updatedAt
}
val oldestTimestamp = sortedArticles.firstOrNull()?.updatedAt

[mkrussel]

https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/min-by-or-null.html

[Florian]

perfect, thank you very much

[Marc Knaup]

I think you’re looking for https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/min-of-or-null.html

[Florian]

thank you 👍