pandas.Index.min — pandas 2.2.3 documentation (original) (raw)

Index.min(axis=None, skipna=True, *args, **kwargs)[source]#

Return the minimum value of the Index.

Parameters:

axis{None}

Dummy argument for consistency with Series.

skipnabool, default True

Exclude NA/null values when showing the result.

*args, **kwargs

Additional arguments and keywords for compatibility with NumPy.

Returns:

scalar

Minimum value.

See also

Index.max

Return the maximum value of the object.

Series.min

Return the minimum value in a Series.

DataFrame.min

Return the minimum values in a DataFrame.

Examples

idx = pd.Index([3, 2, 1]) idx.min() 1

idx = pd.Index(['c', 'b', 'a']) idx.min() 'a'

For a MultiIndex, the minimum is determined lexicographically.

idx = pd.MultiIndex.from_product([('a', 'b'), (2, 1)]) idx.min() ('a', 1)