pyspark.pandas.CategoricalIndex.min

CategoricalIndex.min()

Return the minimum value of the Index.

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

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

For a MultiIndex, the maximum is determined lexicographically.

>>> idx = ps.MultiIndex.from_tuples([('a', 'x', 1), ('b', 'y', 2)])
>>> idx.min()
('a', 'x', 1)