Method: Polars::Functions#min

Defined in:

lib/polars/functions/aggregation/vertical.rb

#min(*names) ⇒ Expr

Get the minimum value.

Syntactic sugar for col(names).min.

Examples:

Get the minimum value of a column.

df = Polars::DataFrame.new(
  {
    "a" => [1, 8, 3],
    "b" => [4, 5, 2],
    "c" => ["foo", "bar", "foo"]
  }
)
df.select(Polars.min("a"))
# =>
# shape: (1, 1)
# ┌─────┐
# │ a   │
# │ --- │
# │ i64 │
# ╞═════╡
# │ 1   │
# └─────┘

Get the minimum value of multiple columns.

df.select(Polars.min("^a|b$"))
# =>
# shape: (1, 2)
# ┌─────┬─────┐
# │ a   ┆ b   │
# │ --- ┆ --- │
# │ i64 ┆ i64 │
# ╞═════╪═════╡
# │ 1   ┆ 2   │
# └─────┴─────┘

df.select(Polars.min("a", "b"))
# =>
# shape: (1, 2)
# ┌─────┬─────┐
# │ a   ┆ b   │
# │ --- ┆ --- │
# │ i64 ┆ i64 │
# ╞═════╪═════╡
# │ 1   ┆ 2   │
# └─────┴─────┘

Parameters:

• names (Array) —

  Name(s) of the columns to use in the aggregation.

Returns:

• (Expr)

# File 'lib/polars/functions/aggregation/vertical.rb', line 190

def min(*names)
  col(*names).min
end