min

Returns the minimum value of the expression in a group.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf

sf.min(col)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
col	pyspark.sql.Column or column name	The target column on which the minimum value is computed.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: A column that contains the minimum value computed.

Examples

Example 1: Compute the minimum value of a numeric column

import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
df = spark.range(10)
df.select(sf.min(df.id)).show()

+-------+
|min(id)|
+-------+
|      0|
+-------+

Example 2: Compute the minimum value of a string column

import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
df = spark.createDataFrame([("Alice",), ("Bob",), ("Charlie",)], ["name"])
df.select(sf.min("name")).show()

+---------+
|min(name)|
+---------+
|    Alice|
+---------+

Example 3: Compute the minimum value of a column with null values

import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
df = spark.createDataFrame([(1,), (None,), (3,)], ["value"])
df.select(sf.min("value")).show()

+----------+
|min(value)|
+----------+
|         1|
+----------+

Example 4: Compute the minimum value of a column in a grouped DataFrame

import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
df = spark.createDataFrame([("Alice", 1), ("Alice", 2), ("Bob", 3)], ["name", "value"])
df.groupBy("name").agg(sf.min("value")).show()

+-----+----------+
| name|min(value)|
+-----+----------+
|Alice|         1|
|  Bob|         3|
+-----+----------+

Example 5: Compute the minimum value of a column in a DataFrame with multiple columns

import pyspark.sql.functions as sf
df = spark.createDataFrame(
    [("Alice", 1, 100), ("Bob", 2, 200), ("Charlie", 3, 300)],
    ["name", "value1", "value2"])
df.select(sf.min("value1"), sf.min("value2")).show()

+-----------+-----------+
|min(value1)|min(value2)|
+-----------+-----------+
|          1|        100|
+-----------+-----------+