---
title: "min(by:)"
framework: swift-package-manager
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "swift-package-manager/documentation/packageplugin/filelist/min(by:)"
---

# min(by:)

Inherited from Sequence.min(by:).

## Declaration

```swift
@warn_unqualified_access func min(by areInIncreasingOrder: (Self.Element, Self.Element) throws -> Bool) rethrows -> Self.Element?
```