numpy.amin

numpy.amin(a, axis=None, out=None, keepdims=False)

Return the minimum of an array or minimum along an axis.

Parameters:

a : array_like

Input data.

axis : int, optional

Axis along which to operate. By default, flattened input is used.

out : ndarray, optional

Alternative output array in which to place the result. Must be of the same shape and buffer length as the expected output. See doc.ufuncs (Section “Output arguments”) for more details.

keepdims : bool, optional

If this is set to True, the axes which are reduced are left in the result as dimensions with size one. With this option, the result will broadcast correctly against the original arr.

Returns:

amin : ndarray or scalar

Minimum of a. If axis is None, the result is a scalar value. If axis is given, the result is an array of dimension a.ndim - 1.

See also

amax

The maximum value of an array along a given axis, propagating any NaNs.

nanmin

The minimum value of an array along a given axis, ignoring any NaNs.

minimum

Element-wise minimum of two arrays, propagating any NaNs.

fmin

Element-wise minimum of two arrays, ignoring any NaNs.

argmin

Return the indices of the minimum values.

nanmax, maximum, fmax

Notes

NaN values are propagated, that is if at least one item is NaN, the corresponding min value will be NaN as well. To ignore NaN values (MATLAB behavior), please use nanmin.

Don’t use amin for element-wise comparison of 2 arrays; when a.shape[0] is 2, minimum(a[0], a[1]) is faster than amin(a, axis=0).

Examples

>>> a = np.arange(4).reshape((2,2))
>>> a
array([[0, 1],
       [2, 3]])
>>> np.amin(a)           # Minimum of the flattened array
0
>>> np.amin(a, axis=0)   # Minima along the first axis
array([0, 1])
>>> np.amin(a, axis=1)   # Minima along the second axis
array([0, 2])

>>> b = np.arange(5, dtype=np.float)
>>> b[2] = np.NaN
>>> np.amin(b)
nan
>>> np.nanmin(b)
0.0