math min
For math.
Finds the minimum within a list of values or tables.
Command Type
built-in
Signature
> math min {flags} ...rest
Parameters
...rest: The cell-paths/columns to operate on.
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| list<number> | number |
| list<duration> | duration |
| list<filesize> | filesize |
| list<any> | any |
| range | number |
| table | record |
| record | record |
Examples
Compute the minimum of a list of numbers.
> [-50 100 25] | math min
-50Compute 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
trueCompute 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 │ │
│ │ ╰───┴───╯ │
╰───────┴───────────╯Ported from nushell/nushell.github.io. Copyright (c) 2021 Nushell Project. MIT License.