Return the minimum of an array or minimum ignoring any NaNs in Python

To return the minimum of an array or minimum ignoring any NaNs, use the numpy.nanmin() method in Python. The method returns an array with the same shape as a, with the specified axis removed. If a is a 0-d array, or if axis is None, an ndarray scalar is returned. The same dtype as a is returned. The 1st parameter, a is an array containing numbers whose minimum is desired. If a is not an array, a conversion is attempted.

The 2nd parameter, axis is an axis or axes along which the minimum is computed. The default is to compute the minimum of the flattened array. The 3rd parameter, out ia an alternate output array in which to place the result. The default is None; if provided, it must have the same shape as the expected output, but the type will be cast if necessary.

The 4th parameter, keepdims 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 original a. If the value is anything but the default, then keepdims will be passed through to the max method of sub-classes of ndarray. If the sub-classes methods does not implement keepdims any exceptions will be raised.

Steps

At first, import the required libraries −

import numpy as np

Creating a numpy array using the array() method. We have added elements of int type with nan −

arr = np.array([[10, 20, 30], [40, np.nan, 60]])

Display the array −

print("Our Array...\n",arr)

Check the Dimensions −

print("\nDimensions of our Array...\n",arr.ndim)

Get the Datatype −

print("\nDatatype of our Array object...\n",arr.dtype)

To return the minimum of an array or minimum ignoring any NaNs, use the numpy.nanmin() method −

print("\nResult (nanmin)...\n",np.nanmin(arr))

Example

import numpy as np

# Creating a numpy array using the array() method
# We have added elements of int type with nan
arr = np.array([[10, 20, 30], [40, np.nan, 60]])

# Display the array
print("Our Array...\n",arr)

# Check the Dimensions
print("\nDimensions of our Array...\n",arr.ndim)

# Get the Datatype
print("\nDatatype of our Array object...\n",arr.dtype)

# To return the minimum of an array or minimum ignoring any NaNs, use the numpy.nanmin() method in Python
# The method returns an array with the same shape as a, with the specified axis removed. If a is a 0-d array, or if axis is None, an ndarray scalar is returned. The same dtype as a is returned.
print("\nResult (nanmin)...\n",np.nanmin(arr))

Output

Our Array...
[[10. 20. 30.]
[40. nan 60.]]

Dimensions of our Array...
2

Datatype of our Array object...
float64

Result (nanmin)...
10.0