The absolute minimum of the arguments.

Syntax

a, i = AbsMin(m)

Argument

Name

Description

m

A vector or a matrix.

Output

Name

Description

a

For a vector, it is the minimum of the absolute values of the entries.  For a matrix, the minimum (in absolute sense) of each column is returned collated in a row vector.

i

Index to the entries and of same size as a.  For a matrix, it is the index of the rows in each column.

Example

Find the minimum elements in a matrix in absolute sense:

Syntax

M, I = AbsMin([1,2;3,-4])

Result

M = 1 2

I = 1 1

See Also:

Abs

AbsMax

Max

Min