# Nested array minimum

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-array-minimum/147864>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 6, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-array-minimum/147864 "2008-09-06T10:16:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![tyliong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tyliong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tyliong)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-array-minimum/147864/1 "2008-09-06T10:16:54Z")

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Hi,

usually when i do this:

x = [1,2,3,]

result = x.min

but let’s say I have a nested array

x = [[1,“h”], [2,“c”]]

how to i just display the min value (1) and its pair value “h”

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**Author:** ![tyliong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tyliong](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tyliong)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-array-minimum/147864/2 "2008-09-06T11:07:13Z")

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solved