minstr

Return the lexically smallest value in the list.

Synopsis

my $s = minstr @values;
my $s = minstr 'A'..'Z';         # 'A'

What you get back

The first (original) list element whose stringification compares less than every other element’s stringification under lt (byte-wise comparison). Empty list yields undef.

Examples

my $s = minstr 'hello', 'world';    # 'hello'
my $s = minstr qw( foo bar baz );   # 'bar'
my $s = minstr ();                  # undef

Differences from upstream

Fully compatible with upstream.

See also

• maxstr — string-wise maximum.

• min — numerical minimum.