[Numpy-discussion] min() of array containing NaN

[Charles Doutriaux]

Seems to me like min should automagically  call nanmin if it spots any 
nan no ?

C.

Fabrice Silva wrote:
> Try nanmin function :
>
>         $ python
>         Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 07:39:27) 
>         [GCC 4.3.1] on linux2
>         Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>         >>> import numpy
>         >>> numpy.__version__
>         '1.1.0'
>         >>> x = numpy.array([0,1,2,numpy.nan, 4, 5, 6])
>         >>> x.min()
>         4.0
>         >>> numpy.nanmin(x)
>         0.0
>
> There lacks some nanmin method for array instances, i.e. one can not execute
>         >>> x.nanmin()
>         Traceback (most recent call last):
>           File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>         AttributeError: 'numpy.ndarray' object has no attribute 'nanmin'
>         
>