math min for math

Finds the minimum within a list of values or tables.

Signature

> math min {flags} ...rest

Parameters

  • ...rest: The cell-paths/columns to operate on.

Input/output types:

inputoutput
list<number>number
list<duration>duration
list<filesize>filesize
list<any>any
rangenumber
tablerecord
recordrecord

Examples

Compute the minimum of a list of numbers.

> [-50 100 25] | math min
-50

Compute the minima of the columns of a table.

> [{a: 1 b: 3} {a: 2 b: -1}] | math min
╭───┬────╮
│ a │ 1  │
│ b │ -1 │
╰───┴────╯

Find the minimum of a list of arbitrary values (Warning: Weird).

> [-50 'hello' true] | math min
true

Compute the minimum of list-valued columns in a record.

> {alice: [5 3 9], bob: [2 7]} | math min
╭───────┬───╮
│ alice │ 3 │
│ bob   │ 2 │
╰───────┴───╯

Compute the minimum of a single column using a cell path.

> {alice: [5 3 9], bob: [2 7]} | math min alice
╭───────┬───────────╮
│ alice │ 3         │
│       │ ╭───┬───╮ │
│ bob   │ │ 0 │ 2 │ │
│       │ │ 1 │ 7 │ │
│       │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───────┴───────────╯