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---
title: min_by
tags: math,list,function,beginner
---
Returns the minimum value of a list, after mapping each element to a value using the provided function.
Use `map()` with `fn` to map each element to a value using the provided function, convert to a `list` and use `min()` to return the minimum value.
```py
def min_by(lst, fn):
return min(list(map(fn,lst)))
```
```py
min_by([{ 'n': 4 }, { 'n': 2 }, { 'n': 8 }, { 'n': 6 }], lambda v : v['n']) # 2
```