Minimum value.
Finds the minimum value of the elements of x.
Syntax: @min(x[, s])
x: data object
s: (optional) sample string or object when x is a series or alpha and assigning to series or alpha
Return: number or string
The minimum may be written as
where the order statistics
represent the data ordered from low to high.
For series calculations, EViews will use the current or specified workfile sample.
Examples
Let x be a series of length 5 whose elements are 1, 3, 5, 4, 2. Then
= @min(x)
returns 1.
Cross-references
See also
@imin,
@mins, and
@max.
