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# numpy.amin

`numpy.``amin`(a, axis=None, out=None, keepdims=<class numpy._globals._NoValue>)

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

  Parameters: | a : array_like Input data. axis : None or int or tuple of ints, optional Axis or axes along which to operate. By default, flattened input is used. New in version 1.7.0. If this is a tuple of ints, the minimum is selected over multiple axes, instead of a single axis or all the axes as before. 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 input array. If the default value is passed, then keepdims will not be passed through to the `amin` method of sub-classes of `ndarray`, however any non-default value will be. If the sub-classes `sum` method does not implement keepdims any exceptions will be raised.
  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