Min and Max in a generic list?

I can't seem to figure out how to get this working

I'd usually use Mathf.Min(myArray) to find the lowest value in an array, but right now i need to use a generic list of floats instead

Mathf.Min doesn't take generic lists as input.
I was hoping there might be a MyList.Min property, but it doesn't seem so.

With a bit of googling, i found this function: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb919785(v=vs.90).aspx

It looks like what i need, but i can't for the life of me figure out how to use it. Can someone give me a syntax example of how to use that, assuming my list is declared as so. and then has values added to it:

Code (CSharp):

1. List<float> myList = new List<float>();

 

Assuming the list isn't too big, just call ToArray() and then use your normal min/max call.

 

List.Min() returns an instance of the minimum element in the list.

So from what I understand you could just do the following:

Code (CSharp):

1. float myMin = myList.Min();
2. Debug.Log(myMin);

Not tested in unity, as per the documentation this is a .Net 3.5 feature if I recall correctly Unity uses an older version but don't quote me on that I might be wrong.

 

You need using System.Linq for this to work.

 

Ding! we have a winner. this is what i was missing, thank you <3