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# numpy.nanmin

numpy.nanmin(a, axis=None, out=None, keepdims=<no value>, initial=<no value>, where=<no value>)

  Return minimum of an array or minimum along an axis, ignoring any NaNs. When all-NaN slices are encountered a `RuntimeWarning` is raised and Nan is returned for that slice.

  Parameters:
    a array_like

      Array containing numbers whose minimum is desired. If a is not an array, a conversion is attempted.

    axis{int, tuple of int, None}, optional

      Axis or axes along which the minimum is computed. The default is to compute the minimum of the flattened array.

    out ndarray, optional

      Alternate output array in which to place the result. The default is `None`; if provided, it must have the same shape as the expected output, but the type will be cast if necessary. See Output type determination 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 a.

      If the value is anything but the default, then keepdims will be passed through to the `min` method of sub-classes of `ndarray`. If the sub-classes methods does not implement keepdims any exceptions will be raised.

    initial scalar, optional

      The maximum value of an output element. Must be present to allow computation on empty slice. See `reduce` for details.

      New in version 1.22.0.

    where array_like of bool, optional

      Elements to compare for the minimum. See `reduce` for details.

      New in version 1.22.0.

  Returns:
    nanmin ndarray

      An array with the same shape as a, with the specified axis removed. If a is a 0-d array, or if axis is None, an ndarray scalar is returned. The same dtype as a is returned.

  See also

  `nanmax`

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

  `amin`

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

  `fmin`

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

  `minimum`

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

  `isnan`

    Shows which elements are Not a Number (NaN).

  `isfinite`

    Shows which elements are neither NaN nor infinity.

  `amax`, `fmax`, `maximum`

  Notes

  NumPy uses the IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point for Arithmetic (IEEE 754). This means that Not a Number is not equivalent to infinity. Positive infinity is treated as a very large number and negative infinity is treated as a very small (i.e. negative) number.

  If the input has a integer type the function is equivalent to np.min.

  Examples

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, np.nan]])
      >>> np.nanmin(a)
      1.0
      >>> np.nanmin(a, axis=0)
      array([1.,  2.])
      >>> np.nanmin(a, axis=1)
      array([1.,  3.])

  When positive infinity and negative infinity are present:

      >>> np.nanmin([1, 2, np.nan, np.inf])
      1.0
      >>> np.nanmin([1, 2, np.nan, -np.inf])
      -inf